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B♭ Lydian Pentatonic (alt) scale
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About the B flat Lydian Pentatonic (alt) scale

B flat Lydian Pentatonic (alt) is used for jazz and cinematic melodies. Think of it as another five-note Lydian color built around the raised fourth. It is B♭ Lydian Dominant Pentatonic with the seventh lowered.

Its notes are B♭, D, E, F, and G. The formula is 4 semitones W H W 1½.

On the piano, the mode touches the black key B♭. Its raised fourth lands on the white key E. The scale lines up four white keys back to back.

Notes and intervals

1BbB♭Root
2DDMajor 3rd
3EEAugmented 4th
4FFPerfect 5th
5GGMajor 6th
Steps4 semitones W H W 1½
Semitones4-2-1-2-3
Degrees1 3 ♯4 5 6

Shapes

Chromatic

CC♯D♭DD♯E♭EFF♯G♭GG♯A♭AA♯B♭B

Circle of Fifths

CGDAEBF♯G♭C♯D♭G♯A♭D♯E♭A♯B♭F

Related scales

Lydian Pentatonic (alt) in other keys

C Lydian Pentatonic (alt) scaleD flat Lydian Pentatonic (alt) scaleD Lydian Pentatonic (alt) scaleE flat Lydian Pentatonic (alt) scaleE Lydian Pentatonic (alt) scaleF Lydian Pentatonic (alt) scaleG flat Lydian Pentatonic (alt) scaleG Lydian Pentatonic (alt) scaleA flat Lydian Pentatonic (alt) scaleA Lydian Pentatonic (alt) scaleB Lydian Pentatonic (alt) scale

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