A♭ Lydian augmented ♯2Scale

Formula

1½ H W W H W H 1 ♯2 3 ♯4 ♯5 6 7
The family

A♭ Lydian augmented ♯2 on the chromatic circle

A♭ Lydian augmented ♯2 is the 6th mode of the Harmonic major family. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.

W W H W H 1½ H 3 CI Harmonic major ♯4 DII Dorian ♭5 ♯5 EIII Phrygian ♭4 6 FIV Lydian ♭3 7 GV Mixolydian ♭2 1 A♭VI Lydian augmented ♯2 ♯2 BVII Locrian 𝄫7 A♭ Lydian augmented ♯2
The whole neck

A♭ Lydian augmented ♯2 across the fretboard

Every note of the scale up to the 16th fret, named by its degree. The root is a ring. Step through the five CAGED positions one at a time in the scale library.

3 5 7 9 12 15 ♯5 6 7 1 ♯2 3 ♯4 ♯5 6 7 ♯2 3 ♯4 ♯5 6 7 1 ♯2 3 ♯4 ♯5 6 7 1 ♯2 3 ♯4 ♯5 6 7 1 ♯2 3 ♯4 ♯5 6 7 1 ♯2 3 ♯4 ♯5 6 7 1 ♯2 3 ♯4 ♯5 6 7 1 ♯2 3 ♯4 ♯5 6 7
Harmony

Chords in A♭ Lydian augmented ♯2

Stack every other note of the scale from each degree and you get its chords. Open any of them in the chord library.

DegreeChordNotes
I+A♭maj7♯5A♭ C E G
♯ii°B°7B D F A♭
IIICmaj7C E G B
♯iv°Dm7♭5D F A♭ C
♯vEm7E G B D
viFm(maj7)F A♭ C E
VIIG7G B D F
Context

Where A♭ Lydian augmented ♯2 fits

Over maj7♯5 chords with a ♯9 colour: rare, mostly met when studying harmonic major.

A♭ Lydian augmented ♯2 is mode 6 of the harmonic major family. The same notes played from each of its other degrees give the family's other modes:

Move one note by a half step and you get a different scale:

Lydian augmented ♯2 scale in every key

A♭ Lydian augmented ♯2 scale questions

What notes are in the A♭ Lydian augmented ♯2 scale?

A♭ B C D E F G. As degrees from the root: 1 ♯2 3 ♯4 ♯5 6 7.

What is the A♭ Lydian augmented ♯2 scale formula?

1 ♯2 3 ♯4 ♯5 6 7, or in steps between the notes, 1½ H W W H W H (W is a whole step of two frets, H a half step of one fret, 1½ three frets).

How do you play the A♭ Lydian augmented ♯2 scale on guitar?

This page draws every note of A♭ Lydian augmented ♯2 up to the 16th fret, each named by its degree with the root as a ring. To learn it a few frets at a time, open it in the scale library and step through its five CAGED positions, from the G shape to the E shape to the D shape to the C shape to the A shape.

What chords are in the A♭ Lydian augmented ♯2 scale?

A♭maj7♯5 (I+), B°7 (♯ii°), Cmaj7 (III), Dm7♭5 (♯iv°), Em7 (♯v), Fm(maj7) (vi), G7 (VII).

When is the A♭ Lydian augmented ♯2 scale used?

Over maj7♯5 chords with a ♯9 colour: rare, mostly met when studying harmonic major.