A Lydian augmented scale on bass
A Lydian augmented has 7 notes: A B C♯ D♯ E♯ F♯ G♯. Degrees: 1 2 3 ♯4 ♯5 6 7. Formula: W W W W H W H.
What notes are in the A Lydian augmented scale?
A, B, C♯, D♯, E♯, F♯ and G♯. It has 7 notes; its formula in whole and half steps is W W W W H W H.
What does A Lydian augmented sound like, and when do you use it?
Bright and strange: Lydian with an augmented fifth. Use it over maj7♯5.
Chords in A Lydian augmented
| Degree | Triad | Seventh chord |
|---|---|---|
| I+ | A+ | Amaj7♯5 |
| II | B | B7 |
| III | C♯ | C♯7 |
| ♯iv° | D♯° | D♯m7♭5 |
| ♯v° | E♯° | E♯m7♭5 |
| vi | F♯m | F♯m(maj7) |
| vii | G♯m | G♯m7 |
Chord progressions to improvise with A Lydian augmented
In Jam mode (the Jam button above) a band of grand piano, upright bass and drums (recorded instruments) plays these progressions as swing, bossa, groove or ballad, and the fretboard lights up the notes of each chord as it plays. It's a backing track made for this scale in A:
- Tonic vamp (I+): a Amaj7♯5 vamp. A single chord: hear how each note of the scale sounds against the root.
- Two chords (I+–II): Amaj7♯5 | B7. The scale split into two chords: the first has 1-3-5-7, the second the other notes.
A Lydian augmented positions on bass
In standard tuning (E A D G), with 3 notes per string, A Lydian augmented is played in 7 positions along the neck:
- Position 1: frets 5 to 10 (starts on the root)
- Position 2: frets 7 to 11
- Position 3: frets 9 to 13
- Position 4: frets 11 to 15
- Position 5: frets 0 to 4
- Position 6: frets 2 to 6
- Position 7: frets 4 to 8
Same notes as
F♯ melodic minor (ascending) · F♯ melodic minor · B Lydian dominant · C♯ Mixolydian ♭6 · D♯ Locrian ♮2 · F altered
Lydian augmented in other keys
On other instruments
A Lydian augmented on piano · A Lydian augmented on guitar · All scales