SCALE REFERENCE

B♭ Lydian

B♭ – C – D – E – F – G – A1 2 3 #4 5 6 7

Major with a raised 4th — floating and unresolved, the film-score 'wonder' sound. The 4th mode of the major scale.

Notes & degrees
B♭1C2D3E#4F5G6A7
NotesBb, C, D, E, F, G, A
StepsW – W – W – H – W – W – H (W = whole, H = half)
Piano
CDEFGAB♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEFGAB♭CDEBCDEFGAB♭GGAB♭CDEFGDDEFGAB♭CDAAB♭CDEFGAEEFGAB♭CDE

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

357912AAB♭CDEFGAEEFGAB♭CDECCDEFGAB♭CGGAB♭CDEFG

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
IB♭B♭maj7
IICC7
iiiDmDm7
♯iv°EdimEm7♭5
VFFmaj7
viGmGm7
viiAmAm7

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

IB♭IICiiiDm♯iv°EdimVFviGmviiAm
Other scales on B♭

Core scales & modes

B♭ MajorB♭ Natural MinorB♭ Harmonic MinorB♭ Melodic MinorB♭ DorianB♭ PhrygianB♭ MixolydianB♭ Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

B♭ Major PentatonicB♭ Minor PentatonicB♭ BluesB♭ Major Blues

Jazz & altered

B♭ Harmonic MajorB♭ Phrygian DominantB♭ Lydian DominantB♭ AlteredB♭ Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

B♭ Whole ToneB♭ Diminished (Whole–Half)B♭ Diminished (Half–Whole)B♭ Augmented Scale

World & exotic

B♭ Hungarian MinorB♭ Double Harmonic MajorB♭ Neapolitan Minor
Lydian 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.