About the C Lydian Pentatonic (alt) scale
C Lydian Pentatonic (alt) is another five-note Lydian color built around the raised fourth. It's used for jazz and cinematic melodies.
Positions
Playable shapes for this scale up the neck. Tap any note to hear it.
Pentatonic boxes
The five shapes blues and rock are built on, the first scale most guitarists ever solo with, one box per note up the neck.
Notes and intervals
| 1 | C | Root |
| 2 | E | Major 3rd |
| 3 | F sharp | Augmented 4th |
| 4 | G | Perfect 5th |
| 5 | A | Major 6th |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths
Related scales
Lydian Pentatonic (alt) in other keys
D flat Lydian Pentatonic (alt) D Lydian Pentatonic (alt) E flat Lydian Pentatonic (alt) E Lydian Pentatonic (alt) F Lydian Pentatonic (alt) G flat Lydian Pentatonic (alt) G Lydian Pentatonic (alt) A flat Lydian Pentatonic (alt) A Lydian Pentatonic (alt) B flat Lydian Pentatonic (alt) B Lydian Pentatonic (alt)
