SCALE REFERENCE

E Lydian

E – F♯ – G♯ – A♯ – B – C♯ – D♯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
E1F♯2G♯3A♯#4B5C♯6D♯7
NotesE, F#, G#, A#, B, C#, D#
StepsW – W – W – H – W – W – H (W = whole, H = half)
Piano
EBF♯G♯A♯C♯D♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEF♯G♯A♯BC♯D♯EBBC♯D♯EF♯G♯A♯BGG♯A♯BC♯D♯EF♯DD♯EF♯G♯A♯BC♯AA♯BC♯D♯EF♯G♯EEF♯G♯A♯BC♯D♯E

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

357912AA♯BC♯D♯EF♯G♯EEF♯G♯A♯BC♯D♯ECC♯D♯EF♯G♯A♯BGG♯A♯BC♯D♯EF♯

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
IEEmaj7
IIF♯F♯7
iiiG♯mG♯m7
♯iv°A♯dimA♯m7♭5
VBBmaj7
viC♯mC♯m7
viiD♯mD♯m7

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

IEIIF♯iiiG♯m♯iv°A♯dimVBviC♯mviiD♯m
Other scales on E

Core scales & modes

E MajorE Natural MinorE Harmonic MinorE Melodic MinorE DorianE PhrygianE MixolydianE Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

E Major PentatonicE Minor PentatonicE BluesE Major Blues

Jazz & altered

E Harmonic MajorE Phrygian DominantE Lydian DominantE AlteredE Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

E Whole ToneE Diminished (Whole–Half)E Diminished (Half–Whole)E Augmented Scale

World & exotic

E Hungarian MinorE Double Harmonic MajorE 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.