Scale Lesson

• Music Theory
• Piano Chords
• Piano Chords in the Key of C
• Piano Chords in the Key of D
• Piano Chords in the Key of E
• Piano Chords in the Key of F
• Piano Chords in the Key of G
• Piano Chords in the Key of A
• Piano Chords in the Key of B
• Guitar Chords
• Guitar Chords in the Key of C
• Guitar Chords in the Key of D
• Guitar Chords in the Key of E
• Guitar Chords in the Key of F
• Guitar Chords in the Key of G
• Guitar Chords in the Key of A
• Guitar Chords in the Key of B
• Scale Lessons
• Chinese scale (Major Pentatonic scale)
• Oriental (Arabic) scale
• Indian scale
• Spanish scale
• Gypsy scale
• Natural minor scale (Aeorian Mode)
• Harmonic minor scale
• Melodic minor scale
• Major scale (Ionian Mode)
• Dorian scale
• Phrygian scale
• Lydian scale
• Mixolydian scale
• Locrian scale

Lydian scale

This lecture is the Lydian scale which is one of the Church mode.

Lydian scale is the Major scale with a raised 4th. This 4th note (F#) is really famous and used frequently.

Lydian scale

	C		D		E	F		G		A		B
C Lydian scale	♪		♪		♪		♪	♪		♪		♪
C Major Scale	♪		♪		♪	♪		♪		♪		♪

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Lydian scale

Lydian scale has the following triads and 7th chords.

Triad in the C Lydian scale

Triad	C	D	Em	F#m(b5)	G	Am	Bm
Degree Names	I	II	IIIm	#IVm(b5)	V	VIm	VIIm

Seventh Chord in the C Lydian scale

7th Chord	CM7	D7	Em7	F#m7(b5)	GM7	Am7	Bm7
Degree Names	IM7	II7	IIIm7	#IVm7(b5)	VM7	VIm7	VIIm7

Let's listen to the sample song using the Lydian scale.

I cherish the feeling, so the sample song on the pages of scale lectures are made roughly.