E♭ Lydian ♯2Scale

Formula

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

E♭ Lydian ♯2 on the chromatic circle

E♭ Lydian ♯2 is the 6th mode of the Harmonic minor family. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.

W H W W H 1½ H 3 GI Harmonic minor ♯4 AII Locrian ♮6 5 B♭III Ionian ♯5 6 CIV Dorian ♯4 7 DV Phrygian dominant 1 E♭VI Lydian ♯2 ♯2 F♯VII Altered 𝄫7 E♭ Lydian ♯2
The whole neck

E♭ Lydian ♯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 1 ♯2 3 ♯4 5 6 7 1 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
Harmony

Chords in E♭ Lydian ♯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
IE♭maj7E♭ G B♭ D
♯ii°F♯°7F♯ A C E♭
iiiGm(maj7)G B♭ D F♯
♯iv°Am7♭5A C E♭ G
V+B♭maj7♯5B♭ D F♯ A
viCm7C E♭ G B♭
VIID7D F♯ A C
Context

Where E♭ Lydian ♯2 fits

An exotic major sound over maj7♯11 chords, used for colour in fusion and film music.

E♭ Lydian ♯2 is mode 6 of the harmonic 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 ♯2 scale in every key

E♭ Lydian ♯2 scale questions

What notes are in the E♭ Lydian ♯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 ♯2 scale formula?

1 ♯2 3 ♯4 5 6 7, or in steps between the notes, 1½ H W 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 E♭ Lydian ♯2 scale on guitar?

This page draws every note of E♭ Lydian ♯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 ♯2 scale?

E♭maj7 (I), F♯°7 (♯ii°), Gm(maj7) (iii), Am7♭5 (♯iv°), B♭maj7♯5 (V+), Cm7 (vi), D7 (VII).

When is the E♭ Lydian ♯2 scale used?

An exotic major sound over maj7♯11 chords, used for colour in fusion and film music.