Lydian Pentatonic scale
Five notes here carry both a raised fourth and a major seventh, the two brightest degrees available, with no fifth underneath to weigh them down.
- Used for
- Jazz and film music that wants a weightless color.
- Formula
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Steps 4 semitones W 1½ W H Semitones 4-2-3-2-1 Degrees 1 3 ♯4 6 7 - Relationships
- It is the third mode of the Dorian Pentatonic scale.
- Rotating it reaches the Dorian and Phrygian pentatonics, which share its five pitches from different starting points.
Lydian Pentatonic in all 12 keys
Pick a key to see it on the piano, or jump straight to the guitar view.
- C C Lydian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- D flat Db Lydian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- D D Lydian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- E flat Eb Lydian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- E E Lydian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- F F Lydian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- G flat Gb Lydian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- G G Lydian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- A flat Ab Lydian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- A A Lydian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- B flat Bb Lydian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- B B Lydian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
