G Lydian augmented ♯2Scale

Formula

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

G Lydian augmented ♯2 on the chromatic circle

G 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 BI Harmonic major ♯4 C♯II Dorian ♭5 ♯5 D♯III Phrygian ♭4 6 EIV Lydian ♭3 7 F♯V Mixolydian ♭2 1 GVI Lydian augmented ♯2 ♯2 A♯VII Locrian 𝄫7 G Lydian augmented ♯2
The whole neck

G 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 6 7 1 ♯2 3 ♯4 ♯5 6 7 1 ♯2 3 ♯4 ♯5 6 7 1 ♯2 3 ♯5 6 7 1 ♯2 3 ♯4 ♯5 6 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
Harmony

Chords in G 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+Gmaj7♯5G B D♯ F♯
♯ii°A♯°7A♯ C♯ E G
IIIBmaj7B D♯ F♯ A♯
♯iv°C♯m7♭5C♯ E G B
♯vD♯m7D♯ F♯ A♯ C♯
viEm(maj7)E G B D♯
VIIF♯7F♯ A♯ C♯ E
Context

Where G Lydian augmented ♯2 fits

Over maj7♯5 chords with a ♯9 colour: rare, mostly met when studying harmonic major.

G 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

G Lydian augmented ♯2 scale questions

What notes are in the G Lydian augmented ♯2 scale?

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

What is the G 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 G Lydian augmented ♯2 scale on guitar?

This page draws every note of G 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 G shape to the E shape to the D shape to the C shape to the A shape.

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

Gmaj7♯5 (I+), A♯°7 (♯ii°), Bmaj7 (III), C♯m7♭5 (♯iv°), D♯m7 (♯v), Em(maj7) (vi), F♯7 (VII).

When is the G Lydian augmented ♯2 scale used?

Over maj7♯5 chords with a ♯9 colour: rare, mostly met when studying harmonic major.