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 A♯I Harmonic minor ♯4 B♯II Locrian ♮6 5 C♯III Ionian ♯5 6 D♯IV Dorian ♯4 7 E♯V Phrygian dominant 1 F♯VI 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 ♯2 3 ♯4 5 6 7 1 ♯2 3 ♯4 6 7 1 ♯2 3 ♯4 5 6 7 ♯2 3 ♯4 5 6 7 1 ♯2 3 ♯4 5 6 7 1 ♯2 3 ♯4 5 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
IF♯maj7F♯ A♯ C♯ E♯
♯ii°G𝄪°7G𝄪 B♯ D♯ F♯
iiiA♯m(maj7)A♯ C♯ E♯ G𝄪
♯iv°B♯m7♭5B♯ D♯ F♯ A♯
V+C♯maj7♯5C♯ E♯ G𝄪 B♯
viD♯m7D♯ F♯ A♯ C♯
VIIE♯7E♯ 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?

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