G Lydian ♯2Scale

Formula

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

G Lydian ♯2 on the chromatic circle

G 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 BI Harmonic minor ♯4 C♯II Locrian ♮6 5 DIII Ionian ♯5 6 EIV Dorian ♯4 7 F♯V Phrygian dominant 1 GVI Lydian ♯2 ♯2 A♯VII Altered 𝄫7 G Lydian ♯2
The whole neck

G 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 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 5 6 7 1 ♯2 3 ♯4 5 6 7 1
Harmony

Chords in G 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
IGmaj7G B D F♯
♯ii°A♯°7A♯ C♯ E G
iiiBm(maj7)B D F♯ A♯
♯iv°C♯m7♭5C♯ E G B
V+Dmaj7♯5D F♯ A♯ C♯
viEm7E G B D
VIIF♯7F♯ A♯ C♯ E
Context

Where G Lydian ♯2 fits

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

G 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

G Lydian ♯2 scale questions

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

This page draws every note of G 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 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 ♯2 scale?

Gmaj7 (I), A♯°7 (♯ii°), Bm(maj7) (iii), C♯m7♭5 (♯iv°), Dmaj7♯5 (V+), Em7 (vi), F♯7 (VII).

When is the G Lydian ♯2 scale used?

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