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C♯ Lydian Dominant Pentatonic scale

About the C sharp Lydian Dominant Pentatonic scale

C sharp Lydian Dominant Pentatonic is used for jazz and fusion solos. Think of it as a five-note scale with a raised fourth and a flat seventh. It is C Lydian Pentatonic (alt) with the sixth raised.

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

The black keys C and G belong to the key. That raised fourth spells out to the white key G.

Notes and intervals

1C#C♯Root
2E#E♯Major 3rd
3GGAugmented 4th
4G#G♯Perfect 5th
5BBMinor 7th
Steps4 semitones W H 1½ W
Semitones4-2-1-3-2
Degrees1 3 4 5 7

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 Dominant Pentatonic in other keys

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