B♭ Lydian augmented ♯2Scale

Formula

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

B♭ Lydian augmented ♯2 on the chromatic circle

B♭ 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 DI Harmonic major ♯4 EII Dorian ♭5 ♯5 F♯III Phrygian ♭4 6 GIV Lydian ♭3 7 AV Mixolydian ♭2 1 B♭VI Lydian augmented ♯2 ♯2 C♯VII Locrian 𝄫7 B♭ Lydian augmented ♯2
The whole neck

B♭ 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 ♯4 ♯5 6 7 1 ♯2 3 ♯4 ♯5 6 7 1 ♯2 3 ♯4 ♯5 6 7 1 3 ♯4 ♯5 6 7 1 ♯2 3 ♯4 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
Harmony

Chords in B♭ 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+B♭maj7♯5B♭ D F♯ A
♯ii°C♯°7C♯ E G B♭
IIIDmaj7D F♯ A C♯
♯iv°Em7♭5E G B♭ D
♯vF♯m7F♯ A C♯ E
viGm(maj7)G B♭ D F♯
VIIA7A C♯ E G
Context

Where B♭ Lydian augmented ♯2 fits

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

B♭ 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

B♭ Lydian augmented ♯2 scale questions

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

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

What is the B♭ 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 B♭ Lydian augmented ♯2 scale on guitar?

This page draws every note of B♭ 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 A shape to the G shape to the E shape to the D shape to the C shape.

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

B♭maj7♯5 (I+), C♯°7 (♯ii°), Dmaj7 (III), Em7♭5 (♯iv°), F♯m7 (♯v), Gm(maj7) (vi), A7 (VII).

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

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