SCALE REFERENCE

F Lydian

F – G – A – B – C – D – E1 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
F1G2A3B#4C5D6E7
NotesF, G, A, B, C, D, E
StepsW – W – W – H – W – W – H (W = whole, H = half)
Piano
FGABCDE
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEFGABCDEBBCDEFGABGGABCDEFGDDEFGABCDAABCDEFGAEEFGABCDE

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

357912AABCDEFGAEEFGABCDECCDEFGABCGGABCDEFG

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
IFFmaj7
IIGG7
iiiAmAm7
♯iv°BdimBm7♭5
VCCmaj7
viDmDm7
viiEmEm7

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

IFIIGiiiAm♯iv°BdimVCviDmviiEm
Other scales on F

Core scales & modes

F MajorF Natural MinorF Harmonic MinorF Melodic MinorF DorianF PhrygianF MixolydianF Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

F Major PentatonicF Minor PentatonicF BluesF Major Blues

Jazz & altered

F Harmonic MajorF Phrygian DominantF Lydian DominantF AlteredF Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

F Whole ToneF Diminished (Whole–Half)F Diminished (Half–Whole)F Augmented Scale

World & exotic

F Hungarian MinorF Double Harmonic MajorF 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.