Guitar UpscaleLydian #2 scale on guitar
Lydian #2 is Lydian with a sharp second, the sixth mode of harmonic minor.
| Notes in A | A B# C# D# E F# G# |
|---|---|
| Formula | 1 #2 3 #4 5 6 7 |
| Steps | W+H H W H W W H (W whole step, H half step) |
| Note count | 7 |
| Style in the app | Special, scale "Lydian Alternative" |
Play A Lydian #2 on the fretboard in Guitar Upscale
About the Lydian #2 scale
The notes are root, sharp 2nd, 3rd, raised 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th. F Lydian #2 has the notes of A harmonic minor.
The sharp 2nd sits right under the 3rd and sounds like a blues note in a bright Lydian setting.
Use it over a major 7th chord with a #11.
Intervals from the root
| Degree | Interval | Semitones | In A |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Root | 0 | A |
| #2 | Minor 3rd | 3 | B# |
| 3 | Major 3rd | 4 | C# |
| #4 | Tritone | 6 | D# |
| 5 | Perfect 5th | 7 | E |
| 6 | Major 6th | 9 | F# |
| 7 | Major 7th | 11 | G# |
Chords in A Lydian #2
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.
| Degree | Triad | Seventh chord |
|---|---|---|
| I | A | Amaj7 |
| #ii° | B#dim | B#dim7 |
| iii | C#m | C#mMaj7 |
| #iv° | D#dim | D#m7b5 |
| V+ | Eaug | Emaj7#5 |
| vi | F#m | F#m7 |
| VII | G# | G#7 |
Same notes, another starting note
Start the A Lydian #2 scale on another of its notes and you get these scales:
- From degree #2 (B#): B# Ultralocrian
- From degree 3 (C#): C# Harmonic Minor
- From degree #4 (D#): D# Locrian Natural 6
- From degree 5 (E): E Ionian #5
- From degree 6 (F#): F# Romanian Minor (Ukrainian Dorian)
- From degree 7 (G#): G# Phrygian Dominant (Hijaz, Ahava Rabbah)
Lydian #2 in every key
| Key | Notes | Play it |
|---|---|---|
| C | C D# E F# G A B | Open |
| C# | C# E E# G G# A# B# | Open |
| D | D E# F# G# A B C# | Open |
| Eb | Eb F# G A Bb C D | Open |
| E | E G G# A# B C# D# | Open |
| F | F G# A B C D E | Open |
| F# | F# A A# B# C# D# E# | Open |
| G | G A# B C# D E F# | Open |
| G# | G# B B# D D# E# G | Open |
| A | A B# C# D# E F# G# | Open |
| Bb | Bb C# D E F G A | Open |
| B | B D D# E# F# G# A# | Open |
More Special scales
- Chromatic Scale
- Whole Tone Scale
- Leading Whole Tone
- Diminished (Whole Half)
- Diminished (Half Whole)
- Diminished Whole Tone
- Octatonic Scale
- Augmented Scale
- Enigmatic Scale
- Nine Tone Scale
- Overtone (Lydian Dominant)
- Six Tone Symmetrical
- Altered Scale (Super Locrian)
- Lydian Diminished
- Locrian #2 (Half Diminished)
- Locrian Natural 6
- Ultralocrian
- Ionian #5