E Lydian dominantScale
Formula
E Lydian dominant on the chromatic circle
E Lydian dominant is the 4th mode of the Melodic minor family. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.
E Lydian dominant 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 dominant
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 dominant fits
Over dominant 7 chords that do not resolve down a fifth: 7♯11 chords, the ♭VII7 and tritone substitutes in jazz. Also heard in fusion and film music.
E Lydian dominant is mode 4 of the melodic minor family. The same notes played from each of its other degrees give the family's other modes:
- E Lydian dominant
- F♯ Mixolydian ♭6
- G♯ Locrian ♮2
- A♯ Altered
- B Melodic minor
- C♯ Dorian ♭2
- D Lydian augmented
Move one note by a half step and you get a different scale:
Lydian dominant scale in every key
E Lydian dominant scale questions
What notes are in the E Lydian dominant 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 dominant scale formula?
1 2 3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7, or in steps between the notes, W W W H W H W (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 dominant scale on guitar?
This page draws every note of E Lydian dominant 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 dominant scale?
E7 (I), F♯7 (II), G♯m7♭5 (iii°), A♯m7♭5 (♯iv°), Bm(maj7) (v), C♯m7 (vi), Dmaj7♯5 (♭VII+).
When is the E Lydian dominant scale used?
Over dominant 7 chords that do not resolve down a fifth: 7♯11 chords, the ♭VII7 and tritone substitutes in jazz. Also heard in fusion and film music.