E Lydian augmented ♯2Scale

Formula

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

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.

W W H W H 1½ H 3 G♯I Harmonic major ♯4 A♯II Dorian ♭5 ♯5 B♯III Phrygian ♭4 6 C♯IV Lydian ♭3 7 D♯V Mixolydian ♭2 1 EVI Lydian augmented ♯2 ♯2 F𝄪VII Locrian 𝄫7 E Lydian augmented ♯2
The whole neck

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.

3 5 7 9 12 15 1 ♯2 3 ♯4 ♯5 6 7 1 ♯2 ♯4 ♯5 6 7 1 ♯2 3 ♯4 ♯5 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 1 ♯2 3 ♯4 ♯5 6 7 1 ♯2
Harmony

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.

DegreeChordNotes
I+Emaj7♯5E G♯ B♯ D♯
♯ii°F𝄪°7F𝄪 A♯ C♯ E
IIIG♯maj7G♯ B♯ D♯ F𝄪
♯iv°A♯m7♭5A♯ C♯ E G♯
♯vB♯m7B♯ D♯ F𝄪 A♯
viC♯m(maj7)C♯ E G♯ B♯
VIID♯7D♯ F𝄪 A♯ C♯
Context

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:

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 E shape to the D shape to the C shape to the A shape to the G shape.

What chords are in the E Lydian augmented ♯2 scale?

Emaj7♯5 (I+), F𝄪°7 (♯ii°), G♯maj7 (III), A♯m7♭5 (♯iv°), B♯m7 (♯v), C♯m(maj7) (vi), D♯7 (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.