A Lydian augmentedScale
Formula
A Lydian augmented on the chromatic circle
A Lydian augmented is the 3rd mode of the Melodic minor family. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.
A Lydian augmented 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 augmented
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 augmented fits
Over maj7♯5 chords in jazz: Lydian with a raised 5th, bright and unsettled.
A Lydian augmented is mode 3 of the melodic minor family. The same notes played from each of its other degrees give the family's other modes:
- A Lydian augmented
- B Lydian dominant
- C♯ Mixolydian ♭6
- D♯ Locrian ♮2
- E♯ Altered
- F♯ Melodic minor
- G♯ Dorian ♭2
Move one note by a half step and you get a different scale:
Lydian augmented scale in every key
A Lydian augmented scale questions
What notes are in the A Lydian augmented 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 scale formula?
1 2 3 ♯4 ♯5 6 7, or in steps between the notes, W W 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 scale on guitar?
This page draws every note of A Lydian augmented 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 scale?
Amaj7♯5 (I+), B7 (II), C♯7 (III), D♯m7♭5 (♯iv°), E♯m7♭5 (♯v°), F♯m(maj7) (vi), G♯m7 (vii).
When is the A Lydian augmented scale used?
Over maj7♯5 chords in jazz: Lydian with a raised 5th, bright and unsettled.