F Lydian augmentedScale

Formula

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

F Lydian augmented on the chromatic circle

F Lydian augmented is the 3rd mode of the Melodic minor family. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.

W H W W W W H 6 DI Melodic minor 7 EII Dorian ♭2 1 FIII Lydian augmented 2 GIV Lydian dominant 3 AV Mixolydian ♭6 ♯4 BVI Locrian ♮2 ♯5 C♯VII Altered F Lydian augmented
The whole neck

F Lydian augmented 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 7 1 2 3 ♯4 ♯5 6 7 1 2 3 ♯4 ♯5 6 7 1 2 3 ♯4 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 ♯5 6 7 1 2
Harmony

Chords in F Lydian augmented

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+Fmaj7♯5F A C♯ E
IIG7G B D F
IIIA7A C♯ E G
♯iv°Bm7♭5B D F A
♯v°C♯m7♭5C♯ E G B
viDm(maj7)D F A C♯
viiEm7E G B D
Context

Where F Lydian augmented fits

Over maj7♯5 chords in jazz: Lydian with a raised 5th, bright and unsettled.

F Lydian augmented is mode 3 of the melodic 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 augmented scale in every key

F Lydian augmented scale questions

What notes are in the F Lydian augmented scale?

F G A B C♯ D E. As degrees from the root: 1 2 3 ♯4 ♯5 6 7.

What is the F Lydian augmented scale formula?

1 2 3 ♯4 ♯5 6 7, or in steps between the notes, W W 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 F Lydian augmented scale on guitar?

This page draws every note of F Lydian augmented 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 F Lydian augmented scale?

Fmaj7♯5 (I+), G7 (II), A7 (III), Bm7♭5 (♯iv°), C♯m7♭5 (♯v°), Dm(maj7) (vi), Em7 (vii).

When is the F Lydian augmented scale used?

Over maj7♯5 chords in jazz: Lydian with a raised 5th, bright and unsettled.