SCALE REFERENCE

B Lydian Dominant

B – C♯ – D♯ – E♯ – F♯ – G♯ – A1 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
B1C♯2D♯3E♯#4F♯5G♯6Ab7
NotesB, C#, D#, E#, F#, G#, A
StepsW – W – W – H – W – H – W (W = whole, H = half)
Also calledLydian b7, Acoustic, Overtone
Piano
BE♯AC♯D♯F♯G♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eE♯F♯G♯ABC♯D♯BBC♯D♯E♯F♯G♯ABGG♯ABC♯D♯E♯F♯DD♯E♯F♯G♯ABC♯AABC♯D♯E♯F♯G♯AEE♯F♯G♯ABC♯D♯

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

357912AABC♯D♯E♯F♯G♯AEE♯F♯G♯ABC♯D♯CC♯D♯E♯F♯G♯ABGG♯ABC♯D♯E♯F♯

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
IBB7
IIC♯C♯7
iii°D♯dimD♯m7♭5
♯iv°E♯dimE♯m7♭5
vF♯mF♯m(maj7)
viG♯mG♯m7
♭VII+AaugAmaj7♯5

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

IBIIC♯iii°D♯dim♯iv°E♯dimvF♯mviG♯m♭VII+Aaug
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.