A♭ Lydian ♯2Scale
Formula
A♭ Lydian ♯2 on the chromatic circle
A♭ Lydian ♯2 is the 6th mode of the Harmonic minor family. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.
A♭ Lydian ♯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.
Chords in A♭ Lydian ♯2
Stack every other note of the scale from each degree and you get its chords. Open any of them in the chord library.
Where A♭ Lydian ♯2 fits
An exotic major sound over maj7♯11 chords, used for colour in fusion and film music.
A♭ Lydian ♯2 is mode 6 of the harmonic minor 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 ♯2 scale in every key
A♭ Lydian ♯2 scale questions
What notes are in the A♭ Lydian ♯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 ♯2 scale formula?
1 ♯2 3 ♯4 5 6 7, or in steps between the notes, 1½ H W H W 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 ♯2 scale on guitar?
This page draws every note of A♭ Lydian ♯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 ♯2 scale?
A♭maj7 (I), B°7 (♯ii°), Cm(maj7) (iii), Dm7♭5 (♯iv°), E♭maj7♯5 (V+), Fm7 (vi), G7 (VII).
When is the A♭ Lydian ♯2 scale used?
An exotic major sound over maj7♯11 chords, used for colour in fusion and film music.