SCALE REFERENCE

G♭ Lydian

G♭ – A♭ – B♭ – C – D♭ – E♭ – F1 2 3 #4 5 6 7

Also written F♯ 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
G♭1A♭2B♭3C#4D♭5E♭6F7
NotesGb, Ab, Bb, C, Db, Eb, F
StepsW – W – W – H – W – W – H (W = whole, H = half)
Piano
CFG♭A♭B♭D♭E♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eFG♭A♭B♭CD♭E♭BCD♭E♭FG♭A♭B♭GA♭B♭CD♭E♭FG♭DE♭FG♭A♭B♭CD♭AB♭CD♭E♭FG♭A♭EFG♭A♭B♭CD♭E♭

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

357912AB♭CD♭E♭FG♭A♭EFG♭A♭B♭CD♭E♭CCD♭E♭FG♭A♭B♭CGA♭B♭CD♭E♭FG♭

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
IG♭G♭maj7
IIA♭A♭7
iiiB♭mB♭m7
♯iv°CdimCm7♭5
VD♭D♭maj7
viE♭mE♭m7
viiFmFm7

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

IG♭IIA♭iiiB♭m♯iv°CdimVD♭viE♭mviiFm
Other scales on G♭

Core scales & modes

G♭ MajorG♭ Natural MinorG♭ Harmonic MinorG♭ Melodic MinorG♭ DorianG♭ PhrygianG♭ MixolydianG♭ Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

G♭ Major PentatonicG♭ Minor PentatonicG♭ BluesG♭ Major Blues

Jazz & altered

G♭ Harmonic MajorG♭ Phrygian DominantG♭ Lydian DominantG♭ AlteredG♭ Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

G♭ Whole ToneG♭ Diminished (Whole–Half)G♭ Diminished (Half–Whole)G♭ Augmented Scale

World & exotic

G♭ Hungarian MinorG♭ Double Harmonic MajorG♭ 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.