SCALE REFERENCE

G Lydian Dominant

G – A – B – C♯ – D – E – F1 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
G1A2B3C♯#4D5E6Fb7
NotesG, A, B, C#, D, E, F
StepsW – W – W – H – W – H – W (W = whole, H = half)
Also calledLydian b7, Acoustic, Overtone
Piano
GABDEFC♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEFGABC♯DEBBC♯DEFGABGGABC♯DEFGDDEFGABC♯DAABC♯DEFGAEEFGABC♯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♯DEFGAEEFGABC♯DECC♯DEFGABGGABC♯DEFG

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
IGG7
IIAA7
iii°BdimBm7♭5
♯iv°C♯dimC♯m7♭5
vDmDm(maj7)
viEmEm7
♭VII+FaugFmaj7♯5

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

IGIIAiii°Bdim♯iv°C♯dimvDmviEm♭VII+Faug
Other scales on G

Core scales & modes

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

Pentatonic & blues

G Major PentatonicG Minor PentatonicG BluesG Major Blues

Jazz & altered

G Harmonic MajorG Phrygian 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 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.