SCALE REFERENCE

C Lydian Dominant

C – D – E – F♯ – G – A – B♭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
C1D2E3F♯#4G5A6B♭b7
NotesC, D, E, F#, G, A, Bb
StepsW – W – W – H – W – H – W (W = whole, H = half)
Also calledLydian b7, Acoustic, Overtone
Piano
CDEGAF♯B♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEF♯GAB♭CDEBCDEF♯GAB♭GGAB♭CDEF♯GDDEF♯GAB♭CDAAB♭CDEF♯GAEEF♯GAB♭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♭CDEF♯GAEEF♯GAB♭CDECCDEF♯GAB♭CGGAB♭CDEF♯G

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
ICC7
IIDD7
iii°EdimEm7♭5
♯iv°F♯dimF♯m7♭5
vGmGm(maj7)
viAmAm7
♭VII+B♭augB♭maj7♯5

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

ICIIDiii°Edim♯iv°F♯dimvGmviAm♭VII+B♭aug
Other scales on C

Core scales & modes

C MajorC Natural MinorC Harmonic MinorC Melodic MinorC DorianC PhrygianC LydianC MixolydianC Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

C Major PentatonicC Minor PentatonicC BluesC Major Blues

Jazz & altered

C Harmonic MajorC Phrygian DominantC AlteredC Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

C Whole ToneC Diminished (Whole–Half)C Diminished (Half–Whole)C Augmented Scale

World & exotic

C Hungarian MinorC Double Harmonic MajorC 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.