Number of pitch classes 7 Complement 5-34 | Forte number 7-34 | |
Modes I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII | ||
In music, the Lydian augmented scale (Lydian ♯5 scale) is the third mode of the ascending melodic minor scale or jazz minor scale.
Starting on C, the notes would be as follows:
C - D - E - F♯ - G♯ - A - B - CGenerically the whole and half steps are:
- W - W - W - W - H - W - H -Building on the first scale degree, the scale yields both a Major 7(♯5) chord (C-E-G♯-B) Play and a Major 7(♯11) chord (C-E-G♯-B-F♯). It functions as a I+ Play . See: chord-scale system.
"This scale can be used to create a cool altered major sound." "It has a polychord sound built in," created by superimposing the Cmaj and the Emaj ( Play ) and/or F♯dim ( Play ) triads that exist in the scale, this being "a very common practice for most bop and post-bop players (such as McCoy Tyner)."
The scale may be thought of as a major scale with an augmented fourth and fifth, or as the relative to the melodic minor ascending scale (C Lydian augmented and A melodic minor ascending share the same notes).