SCALE REFERENCE

F Lydian Dominant

F – G – A – B – C – D – E♭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
F1G2A3B#4C5D6E♭b7
NotesF, G, A, B, C, D, Eb
StepsW – W – W – H – W – H – W (W = whole, H = half)
Also calledLydian b7, Acoustic, Overtone
Piano
FGABCDE♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eFGABCDE♭BBCDE♭FGABGGABCDE♭FGDDE♭FGABCDAABCDE♭FGAEFGABCDE♭

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

357912AABCDE♭FGAEFGABCDE♭CCDE♭FGABCGGABCDE♭FG

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
IFF7
IIGG7
iii°AdimAm7♭5
♯iv°BdimBm7♭5
vCmCm(maj7)
viDmDm7
♭VII+E♭augE♭maj7♯5

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

IFIIGiii°Adim♯iv°BdimvCmviDm♭VII+E♭aug
Other scales on F

Core scales & modes

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

Pentatonic & blues

F Major PentatonicF Minor PentatonicF BluesF Major Blues

Jazz & altered

F Harmonic MajorF Phrygian 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 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.