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 C♯I Harmonic major ♯4 D♯II Dorian ♭5 ♯5 E♯III Phrygian ♭4 6 F♯IV Lydian ♭3 7 G♯V Mixolydian ♭2 1 AVI Lydian augmented ♯2 ♯2 B♯VII 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 1 ♯2 3 ♯4 ♯5 6 7 1 ♯2 ♯4 ♯5 6 7 1 ♯2 3 ♯4 ♯5 7 1 ♯2 3 ♯4 ♯5 6 7 1 ♯2 3 ♯4 ♯5 6 7 1 ♯2 3 ♯5 6 7 1 ♯2 3 ♯4 ♯5 6
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+Amaj7♯5A C♯ E♯ G♯
♯ii°B♯°7B♯ D♯ F♯ A
IIIC♯maj7C♯ E♯ G♯ B♯
♯iv°D♯m7♭5D♯ F♯ A C♯
♯vE♯m7E♯ G♯ B♯ D♯
viF♯m(maj7)F♯ A C♯ E♯
VIIG♯7G♯ 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?

Amaj7♯5 (I+), B♯°7 (♯ii°), C♯maj7 (III), D♯m7♭5 (♯iv°), E♯m7 (♯v), F♯m(maj7) (vi), G♯7 (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.