Lydian Diminished scale on guitar

Lydian diminished is a minor Lydian sound: a minor third with a raised fourth and a major seventh.

Notes in A	A B C D# E F# G#
Formula	1 2 b3 #4 5 6 7
Steps	W H W+H H W W H (W whole step, H half step)
Note count	7
Style in the app	Special, scale "Lydian Diminished"

A Lydian Diminished on the first 15 frets in standard tuning, thin e string on top. Highlighted circles mark the root, A.

About the Lydian Diminished scale

The notes are root, 2nd, flat 3rd, raised 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th. It is the fourth mode of harmonic major.

The raised 4th and the 7th keep the Lydian brightness over a minor 3rd.

Use it over a minor chord with a major 7th.

Degree	Interval	Semitones	In A
1	Root	0	A
2	Major 2nd	2	B
b3	Minor 3rd	3	C
#4	Tritone	6	D#
5	Perfect 5th	7	E
6	Major 6th	9	F#
7	Major 7th	11	G#

Stack every other note of the scale and you get one chord on each note. These chords sound at home with the scale, so they make good progressions.

Start the A Lydian Diminished scale on another of its notes and you get these scales: