SCALE REFERENCE

F♯ Lydian Dominant

F♯ – G♯ – A♯ – B♯ – C♯ – D♯ – E1 2 3 #4 5 6 b7

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

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
F♯1G♯2A♯3B♯#4C♯5D♯6Eb7
NotesF#, G#, A#, B#, C#, D#, E
StepsW – W – W – H – W – H – W (W = whole, H = half)
Also calledLydian b7, Acoustic, Overtone
Piano
B♯EF♯G♯A♯C♯D♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEF♯G♯A♯B♯C♯D♯EBB♯C♯D♯EF♯G♯A♯GG♯A♯B♯C♯D♯EF♯DD♯EF♯G♯A♯B♯C♯AA♯B♯C♯D♯EF♯G♯EEF♯G♯A♯B♯C♯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♯B♯C♯D♯EF♯G♯EEF♯G♯A♯B♯C♯D♯ECB♯C♯D♯EF♯G♯A♯B♯GG♯A♯B♯C♯D♯EF♯

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
IF♯F♯7
IIG♯G♯7
iii°A♯dimA♯m7♭5
♯iv°B♯dimB♯m7♭5
vC♯mC♯m(maj7)
viD♯mD♯m7
♭VII+EaugEmaj7♯5

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

IF♯IIG♯iii°A♯dim♯iv°B♯dimvC♯mviD♯m♭VII+Eaug
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.