E♭ Lydian augmented ♯2Scale
Formula
E♭ Lydian augmented ♯2 on the chromatic circle
E♭ 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.
E♭ 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.
Chords in E♭ 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.
Where E♭ Lydian augmented ♯2 fits
Over maj7♯5 chords with a ♯9 colour: rare, mostly met when studying harmonic major.
E♭ 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:
- E♭ Lydian augmented ♯2
- F♯ Locrian 𝄫7
- G Harmonic major
- A Dorian ♭5
- B Phrygian ♭4
- C Lydian ♭3
- D Mixolydian ♭2
Move one note by a half step and you get a different scale:
Lydian augmented ♯2 scale in every key
E♭ Lydian augmented ♯2 scale questions
What notes are in the E♭ Lydian augmented ♯2 scale?
E♭ F♯ G A B C D. As degrees from the root: 1 ♯2 3 ♯4 ♯5 6 7.
What is the E♭ 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 E♭ Lydian augmented ♯2 scale on guitar?
This page draws every note of E♭ 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 D shape to the C shape to the A shape to the G shape to the E shape.
What chords are in the E♭ Lydian augmented ♯2 scale?
E♭maj7♯5 (I+), F♯°7 (♯ii°), Gmaj7 (III), Am7♭5 (♯iv°), Bm7 (♯v), Cm(maj7) (vi), D7 (VII).
When is the E♭ Lydian augmented ♯2 scale used?
Over maj7♯5 chords with a ♯9 colour: rare, mostly met when studying harmonic major.