B Lydian ♭3Scale
Formula
B Lydian ♭3 on the chromatic circle
B Lydian ♭3 is the 4th mode of the Harmonic major family. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.
B Lydian ♭3 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 B Lydian ♭3
Stack every other note of the scale from each degree and you get its chords. Open any of them in the chord library.
Where B Lydian ♭3 fits
Over minor-major 7♯11 chords: a rare jazz colour.
B Lydian ♭3 is mode 4 of the harmonic major family. The same notes played from each of its other degrees give the family's other modes:
- B Lydian ♭3
- C♯ Mixolydian ♭2
- D Lydian augmented ♯2
- E♯ Locrian 𝄫7
- F♯ Harmonic major
- G♯ Dorian ♭5
- A♯ Phrygian ♭4
Move one note by a half step and you get a different scale:
Lydian ♭3 scale in every key
B Lydian ♭3 scale questions
What notes are in the B Lydian ♭3 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 ♭3 scale formula?
1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 6 7, or in steps between the notes, W H 1½ 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 B Lydian ♭3 scale on guitar?
This page draws every note of B Lydian ♭3 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 ♭3 scale?
Bm(maj7) (i), C♯7 (II), Dmaj7♯5 (♭III+), E♯°7 (♯iv°), F♯maj7 (V), G♯m7♭5 (vi°), A♯m7 (vii).
When is the B Lydian ♭3 scale used?
Over minor-major 7♯11 chords: a rare jazz colour.