SCALE REFERENCE

B♭ Lydian Dominant

B♭ – C – D – E – F – G – A♭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
B♭1C2D3E#4F5G6A♭b7
NotesBb, C, D, E, F, G, Ab
StepsW – W – W – H – W – H – W (W = whole, H = half)
Also calledLydian b7, Acoustic, Overtone
Piano
CDEFGB♭A♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEFGA♭B♭CDEBCDEFGA♭B♭GGA♭B♭CDEFGDDEFGA♭B♭CDAB♭CDEFGA♭EEFGA♭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♭CDEFGA♭EEFGA♭B♭CDECCDEFGA♭B♭CGGA♭B♭CDEFG

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
IB♭B♭7
IICC7
iii°DdimDm7♭5
♯iv°EdimEm7♭5
vFmFm(maj7)
viGmGm7
♭VII+A♭augA♭maj7♯5

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

IB♭IICiii°Ddim♯iv°EdimvFmviGm♭VII+A♭aug
Other scales on B♭

Core scales & modes

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

Pentatonic & blues

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

Jazz & altered

B♭ Harmonic MajorB♭ Phrygian 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 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.