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C♯ Lydian 6/9 Pentatonic scale

About the C sharp Lydian 6/9 Pentatonic scale

C sharp Lydian 6/9 Pentatonic is used for floating major-key colors and 6/9 chord voicings with a lydian shimmer. Think of it as a bright five-note scale, a major 6/9 chord with a raised fourth folded in.

Its notes are C, D, G, G, and A. The formula is W 4 semitones H W 1½. It is the fifth mode of D Mixolydian Pentatonic.

C Lydian 6/9 Pentatonic uses four black keys on the piano, C, D, G, and A. Even so, the raised fourth is the white key G.

Notes and intervals

1C#C♯Root
2D#D♯Major 2nd
3GGAugmented 4th
4G#G♯Perfect 5th
5A#A♯Major 6th
StepsW 4 semitones H W 1½
Semitones2-4-1-2-3
Degrees1 2 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 6/9 Pentatonic in other keys

Modes

The same notes, starting on a different note.

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Db Lydian 6/9 Pentatonic scale on piano shown as colored note dots
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