D♭ Lydian augmented ♯2Scale

Formula

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

D♭ Lydian augmented ♯2 on the chromatic circle

D♭ 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 FI Harmonic major ♯4 GII Dorian ♭5 ♯5 AIII Phrygian ♭4 6 B♭IV Lydian ♭3 7 CV Mixolydian ♭2 1 D♭VI Lydian augmented ♯2 ♯2 EVII Locrian 𝄫7 D♭ Lydian augmented ♯2
The whole neck

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

Chords in D♭ 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+D♭maj7♯5D♭ F A C
♯ii°E°7E G B♭ D♭
IIIFmaj7F A C E
♯iv°Gm7♭5G B♭ D♭ F
♯vAm7A C E G
viB♭m(maj7)B♭ D♭ F A
VIIC7C E G B♭
Context

Where D♭ Lydian augmented ♯2 fits

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

D♭ 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

D♭ Lydian augmented ♯2 scale questions

What notes are in the D♭ Lydian augmented ♯2 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 ♯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 D♭ Lydian augmented ♯2 scale on guitar?

This page draws every note of D♭ 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 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 ♯2 scale?

D♭maj7♯5 (I+), E°7 (♯ii°), Fmaj7 (III), Gm7♭5 (♯iv°), Am7 (♯v), B♭m(maj7) (vi), C7 (VII).

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

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