SCALE REFERENCE

D Lydian

D – E – F♯ – G♯ – A – B – C♯1 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
D1E2F♯3G♯#4A5B6C♯7
NotesD, E, F#, G#, A, B, C#
StepsW – W – W – H – W – W – H (W = whole, H = half)
Piano
DEABF♯G♯C♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEF♯G♯ABC♯DEBBC♯DEF♯G♯ABGG♯ABC♯DEF♯DDEF♯G♯ABC♯DAABC♯DEF♯G♯AEEF♯G♯ABC♯DE

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

357912AABC♯DEF♯G♯AEEF♯G♯ABC♯DECC♯DEF♯G♯ABGG♯ABC♯DEF♯

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
IDDmaj7
IIEE7
iiiF♯mF♯m7
♯iv°G♯dimG♯m7♭5
VAAmaj7
viBmBm7
viiC♯mC♯m7

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

IDIIEiiiF♯m♯iv°G♯dimVAviBmviiC♯m
Other scales on D

Core scales & modes

D MajorD Natural MinorD Harmonic MinorD Melodic MinorD DorianD PhrygianD MixolydianD Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

D Major PentatonicD Minor PentatonicD BluesD Major Blues

Jazz & altered

D Harmonic MajorD Phrygian DominantD Lydian DominantD AlteredD Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

D Whole ToneD Diminished (Whole–Half)D Diminished (Half–Whole)D Augmented Scale

World & exotic

D Hungarian MinorD Double Harmonic MajorD 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.