SCALE REFERENCE

F♯ Lydian

F♯ – G♯ – A♯ – B♯ – C♯ – D♯ – E♯1 2 3 #4 5 6 7

Also written G♭ Lydian — the same pitches spelled the other way.

Major with a raised 4th — floating and unresolved, the film-score 'wonder' sound. The 4th mode of the major scale.

Notes & degrees
F♯1G♯2A♯3B♯#4C♯5D♯6E♯7
NotesF#, G#, A#, B#, C#, D#, E#
StepsW – W – W – H – W – W – H (W = whole, H = half)
Piano
B♯E♯F♯G♯A♯C♯D♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eE♯F♯G♯A♯B♯C♯D♯BB♯C♯D♯E♯F♯G♯A♯GG♯A♯B♯C♯D♯E♯F♯DD♯E♯F♯G♯A♯B♯C♯AA♯B♯C♯D♯E♯F♯G♯EE♯F♯G♯A♯B♯C♯D♯

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

357912AA♯B♯C♯D♯E♯F♯G♯EE♯F♯G♯A♯B♯C♯D♯CB♯C♯D♯E♯F♯G♯A♯B♯GG♯A♯B♯C♯D♯E♯F♯

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
IF♯F♯maj7
IIG♯G♯7
iiiA♯mA♯m7
♯iv°B♯dimB♯m7♭5
VC♯C♯maj7
viD♯mD♯m7
viiE♯mE♯m7

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

IF♯IIG♯iiiA♯m♯iv°B♯dimVC♯viD♯mviiE♯m
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.