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 D♯I Harmonic major ♯4 E♯II Dorian ♭5 ♯5 F𝄪III Phrygian ♭4 6 G♯IV Lydian ♭3 7 A♯V Mixolydian ♭2 1 BVI 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 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 ♯4 ♯5 6 7 1 ♯2 3 ♯4 ♯5
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+Bmaj7♯5B D♯ F𝄪 A♯
♯ii°C𝄪°7C𝄪 E♯ G♯ B
IIID♯maj7D♯ F𝄪 A♯ C𝄪
♯iv°E♯m7♭5E♯ G♯ B D♯
♯vF𝄪m7F𝄪 A♯ C𝄪 E♯
viG♯m(maj7)G♯ B D♯ F𝄪
VIIA♯7A♯ 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?

Bmaj7♯5 (I+), C𝄪°7 (♯ii°), D♯maj7 (III), E♯m7♭5 (♯iv°), F𝄪m7 (♯v), G♯m(maj7) (vi), A♯7 (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.