SCALE REFERENCE

A♭ Lydian Dominant

A♭ – B♭ – C – D – E♭ – F – G♭1 2 3 #4 5 6 b7

Lydian's raised 4th with Mixolydian's flat 7th — the natural scale over a 7#11 chord. The 4th mode of melodic minor.

Notes & degrees
A♭1B♭2C3D#4E♭5F6G♭b7
NotesAb, Bb, C, D, Eb, F, Gb
StepsW – W – W – H – W – H – W (W = whole, H = half)
Also calledLydian b7, Acoustic, Overtone
Piano
CDFA♭B♭E♭G♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eFG♭A♭B♭CDE♭BCDE♭FG♭A♭B♭GA♭B♭CDE♭FG♭DDE♭FG♭A♭B♭CDAB♭CDE♭FG♭A♭EFG♭A♭B♭CDE♭

Root notes are red. The full map of the scale on the guitar neck; the common box patterns are groups of these notes.

357912AB♭CDE♭FG♭A♭EFG♭A♭B♭CDE♭CCDE♭FG♭A♭B♭CGA♭B♭CDE♭FG♭

The same scale on a ukulele in standard G–C–E–A tuning.

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
IA♭A♭7
IIB♭B♭7
iii°CdimCm7♭5
♯iv°DdimDm7♭5
vE♭mE♭m(maj7)
viFmFm7
♭VII+G♭augG♭maj7♯5

These are the chords built by stacking scale notes in thirds. Click through for each chord's own diagrams:

IA♭IIB♭iii°Cdim♯iv°DdimvE♭mviFm♭VII+G♭aug
Other scales on A♭

Core scales & modes

A♭ MajorA♭ Natural MinorA♭ Harmonic MinorA♭ Melodic MinorA♭ DorianA♭ PhrygianA♭ LydianA♭ MixolydianA♭ Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

A♭ Major PentatonicA♭ Minor PentatonicA♭ BluesA♭ Major Blues

Jazz & altered

A♭ Harmonic MajorA♭ Phrygian DominantA♭ AlteredA♭ Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

A♭ Whole ToneA♭ Diminished (Whole–Half)A♭ Diminished (Half–Whole)A♭ Augmented Scale

World & exotic

A♭ Hungarian MinorA♭ Double Harmonic MajorA♭ Neapolitan Minor
Lydian Dominant on another root
CD♭DE♭EFF♯G♭GA♭AB♭B
Keep exploring

See the diatonic chords with audio in the Scale & Chord Finder, find where a key sits among the others on the Circle of Fifths, or start the free Cloud Atelier music guides.