Lydian augmented scale
Third mode of the melodic minor scale
Modes | I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII |
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Component pitches | |
C, D, E, F♯, G♯, A, B | |
Qualities | |
Number of pitch classes | 7 |
Forte number | 7-34 |
Complement | 5-34 |
In music, the Lydian augmented scale (Lydian ♯5 scale) is the third mode of the ascending melodic minor scale.
Starting on C, the notes would be as follows:
Generically the whole and half steps are:
- W - W - W - W - H - W - H -
The scale may be thought of as a major scale with an augmented fourth and fifth, or as the relative to the melodic minor ascending scale (C Lydian augmented and A melodic minor ascending share the same notes).
See also
- Jazz scale
- Lydian chord
- Lydian mode
Further reading
- Coker, Jerry (1997). Jerry Coker's Complete Method for Improvisation, p. 36. ISBN 978-0-7692-1856-4.
- Hewitt, Michael. 2013. Musical Scales of the World. The Note Tree. ISBN 978-0957547001.
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Modes in Western music
Authentic | |
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Plagal |
- Ionian (I) (natural major and ascending melodic major)
- Dorian (II)
- Phrygian (III)
- Lydian (IV)
- Mixolydian (V)
- Aeolian (VI) (natural minor and descending melodic minor)
- Locrian (VII)
- Double harmonic (I)
- Hungarian minor (IV)
- Oriental (V)