D lydian scale

D lydian

  • DR
  • E2
  • F♯3
  • G♯♯4
  • A5
  • B6
  • C♯7

Positions

123456789101112131415EF♯G♯ABC♯DEF♯ABC♯DEF♯G♯ABDEF♯G♯ABC♯DEG♯ABC♯DEF♯G♯ABC♯DEF♯G♯ABC♯DEF♯G♯ABC♯DEF♯
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How it is built

  • A major scale with a raised 4th: G♯ instead of G. Seven notes.
  • G♯ floats instead of pulling toward A the way a normal 4th would. That one note is the dreamy, film-score sound; hold it over a D chord and let it hang.
  • Same notes as A major, started from its fourth degree.

Chords that fit D lydian

Other D scales