F Lydian ♯2Scale

Formula

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

F Lydian ♯2 on the chromatic circle

F 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 AI Harmonic minor ♯4 BII Locrian ♮6 5 CIII Ionian ♯5 6 DIV Dorian ♯4 7 EV Phrygian dominant 1 FVI Lydian ♯2 ♯2 G♯VII Altered 𝄫7 F Lydian ♯2
The whole neck

F 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 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 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
Harmony

Chords in F 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
IFmaj7F A C E
♯ii°G♯°7G♯ B D F
iiiAm(maj7)A C E G♯
♯iv°Bm7♭5B D F A
V+Cmaj7♯5C E G♯ B
viDm7D F A C
VIIE7E G♯ B D
Context

Where F Lydian ♯2 fits

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

F 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

F Lydian ♯2 scale questions

What notes are in the F Lydian ♯2 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 ♯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 F Lydian ♯2 scale on guitar?

This page draws every note of F 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 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 ♯2 scale?

Fmaj7 (I), G♯°7 (♯ii°), Am(maj7) (iii), Bm7♭5 (♯iv°), Cmaj7♯5 (V+), Dm7 (vi), E7 (VII).

When is the F Lydian ♯2 scale used?

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