C Lydian dominantScale
Formula
C Lydian dominant on the chromatic circle
C Lydian dominant is the 4th mode of the Melodic minor family. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.
C Lydian dominant 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 C Lydian dominant
Stack every other note of the scale from each degree and you get its chords. Open any of them in the chord library.
Where C Lydian dominant fits
Over dominant 7 chords that do not resolve down a fifth: 7♯11 chords, the ♭VII7 and tritone substitutes in jazz. Also heard in fusion and film music.
C Lydian dominant is mode 4 of the melodic minor 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 dominant scale in every key
C Lydian dominant scale questions
What notes are in the C Lydian dominant scale?
C D E F♯ G A B♭. As degrees from the root: 1 2 3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7.
What is the C Lydian dominant scale formula?
1 2 3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7, or in steps between the notes, W W W H W H W (W is a whole step of two frets, H a half step of one fret, 1½ three frets).
How do you play the C Lydian dominant scale on guitar?
This page draws every note of C Lydian dominant 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 C shape to the A shape to the G shape to the E shape to the D shape.
What chords are in the C Lydian dominant scale?
C7 (I), D7 (II), Em7♭5 (iii°), F♯m7♭5 (♯iv°), Gm(maj7) (v), Am7 (vi), B♭maj7♯5 (♭VII+).
When is the C Lydian dominant scale used?
Over dominant 7 chords that do not resolve down a fifth: 7♯11 chords, the ♭VII7 and tritone substitutes in jazz. Also heard in fusion and film music.