SCALE REFERENCE

G Lydian

G – A – B – C♯ – D – E – F♯1 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
G1A2B3C♯#4D5E6F♯7
NotesG, A, B, C#, D, E, F#
StepsW – W – W – H – W – W – H (W = whole, H = half)
Piano
GABDEC♯F♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEF♯GABC♯DEBBC♯DEF♯GABGGABC♯DEF♯GDDEF♯GABC♯DAABC♯DEF♯GAEEF♯GABC♯DE

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

357912AABC♯DEF♯GAEEF♯GABC♯DECC♯DEF♯GABGGABC♯DEF♯G

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
IGGmaj7
IIAA7
iiiBmBm7
♯iv°C♯dimC♯m7♭5
VDDmaj7
viEmEm7
viiF♯mF♯m7

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

IGIIAiiiBm♯iv°C♯dimVDviEmviiF♯m
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.