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Lydian Augmented scale

Raising both the fourth and the fifth of a major scale produces the third mode of melodic minor.

Used for
Jazz, film scores and dreamlike passages.
Formula
StepsW W W W H W H
Semitones2-2-2-2-1-2-1
Degrees1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Relationships
It is the third mode of the Melodic Minor Ascending scale.
Also called
Lydian 5.

Lydian Augmented in all 12 keys

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