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Lydian augmented scale

Lydian augmented scale

Third mode of the melodic minor scale

In music, the Lydian augmented scale (Lydian ♯5 scale) is the third mode of the ascending melodic minor scale.

Quick Facts Modes, Component pitches ...

Starting on C, the notes would be as follows:

Generically the whole and half steps are:

-  W -  W -  W -  W -  H -  W -  H -

The scale may be thought of as a major scale with an augmented fourth and fifth, or as the relative to the melodic minor ascending scale (C Lydian augmented and A melodic minor ascending share the same notes).

See also

Further reading

  • Coker, Jerry (1997). Jerry Coker's Complete Method for Improvisation, p. 36. ISBN 978-0-7692-1856-4.
  • Hewitt, Michael. 2013. Musical Scales of the World. The Note Tree. ISBN 978-0957547001.
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