E Lydian augmented scale on tenor sax
E Lydian augmented has 7 notes: E F♯ G♯ A♯ B♯ C♯ D♯. Degrees: 1 2 3 ♯4 ♯5 6 7. Formula: W W W W H W H.
What notes are in the E Lydian augmented scale?
E, F♯, G♯, A♯, B♯, C♯ and D♯. It has 7 notes; its formula in whole and half steps is W W W W H W H.
What does E 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 E Lydian augmented
| Degree | Triad | Seventh chord |
|---|---|---|
| I+ | E+ | Emaj7♯5 |
| II | F♯ | F♯7 |
| III | G♯ | G♯7 |
| ♯iv° | A♯° | A♯m7♭5 |
| ♯v° | B♯° | B♯m7♭5 |
| vi | C♯m | C♯m(maj7) |
| vii | D♯m | D♯m7 |
Chord progressions to improvise with E 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 staff lights up the notes of each chord as it plays. It's a backing track made for this scale in E:
- Tonic vamp (I+): a Emaj7♯5 vamp. A single chord: hear how each note of the scale sounds against the root.
- Two chords (I+–II): Emaj7♯5 | F♯7. The scale split into two chords: the first has 1-3-5-7, the second the other notes.
E Lydian augmented on tenor sax: written notes and fingerings
The tenor sax is a B♭ instrument: written E Lydian augmented sounds D Lydian augmented in concert pitch. Fingering for each note, from low to high (left hand | right hand):
- E: 123 | 12
- F♯: 123 | 2
- G♯: 123 | – + G♯
- A♯: 1 | – + bis (B♭)
- B♯: 2 | –
- C♯: – | –
- D♯: 123 | 123 + octave key + E♭
- E: 123 | 12 + octave key
Same notes as
C♯ melodic minor (ascending) · C♯ melodic minor · F♯ Lydian dominant · G♯ Mixolydian ♭6 · A♯ Locrian ♮2 · C altered
Lydian augmented in other keys
On other instruments
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