D♭ Lydian augmentedScale
Formula
D♭ Lydian augmented on the chromatic circle
D♭ Lydian augmented is the 3rd mode of the Melodic minor family. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.
D♭ Lydian augmented 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 D♭ Lydian augmented
Stack every other note of the scale from each degree and you get its chords. Open any of them in the chord library.
Where D♭ Lydian augmented fits
Over maj7♯5 chords in jazz: Lydian with a raised 5th, bright and unsettled.
D♭ Lydian augmented is mode 3 of the melodic minor family. The same notes played from each of its other degrees give the family's other modes:
- D♭ Lydian augmented
- E♭ Lydian dominant
- F Mixolydian ♭6
- G Locrian ♮2
- A Altered
- B♭ Melodic minor
- C Dorian ♭2
Move one note by a half step and you get a different scale:
Lydian augmented scale in every key
D♭ Lydian augmented scale questions
What notes are in the D♭ Lydian augmented scale?
D♭ E♭ F G A B♭ C. As degrees from the root: 1 2 3 ♯4 ♯5 6 7.
What is the D♭ Lydian augmented scale formula?
1 2 3 ♯4 ♯5 6 7, or in steps between the notes, W W 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 D♭ Lydian augmented scale on guitar?
This page draws every note of D♭ Lydian augmented 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 D♭ Lydian augmented scale?
D♭maj7♯5 (I+), E♭7 (II), F7 (III), Gm7♭5 (♯iv°), Am7♭5 (♯v°), B♭m(maj7) (vi), Cm7 (vii).
When is the D♭ Lydian augmented scale used?
Over maj7♯5 chords in jazz: Lydian with a raised 5th, bright and unsettled.