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A♭ lydian #5P pentatonic Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: E, G, Ab, C, D, E at frets 0, 3, 4, 8, 10, 12

A string: C, D, E, G, Ab at frets 3, 5, 7, 10, 11

D string: D, E, G, Ab, C, D at frets 0, 2, 5, 6, 10, 12

G string: G, Ab, C, D, E, G at frets 0, 1, 5, 7, 9, 12

B string: C, D, E, G, Ab at frets 1, 3, 5, 8, 9

High E string: E, G, Ab, C, D, E at frets 0, 3, 4, 8, 10, 12

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Ab lydian #5P pentatonic

The lydian #5 pentatonic is a five note slice of the lydian augmented mode: root, major 3rd, raised 4th, raised 5th, major 7th. It outlines a maj7#5 chord with the #11 added, about as bright and unresolved as a pentatonic can be. Jazz and fusion players use it to voice-lead through altered major chords without playing full scale runs.

it consists of these notes and degrees:

A♭

I

C

III

D

#IV

E

#V

G

VII

Same notes, different mode

Ab lydian #5P pentatonic uses the same notes as the scales below. Start from a different note and you get a new mode built on the very same note set.

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tip
  • Five notes outlining a maj7#5 with a #11: arpeggiate Ab, III, #IV (D), #V (E), VII as a chord first, then melodize it.
  • Over a maj7#5 chord this is the cleanest possible source: no passing tones to avoid, only color tones.
  • Slide #IV (D) to #V (E) and VII to root; the scale's two half-step neighbors do the voice leading for you.
  • Use it to imply lydian augmented in five notes when the full seven-note run would clutter the line.

How to play A♭ lydian #5P pentatonic on guitar

Low E, D, G and high E all sound inside Ab lydian #5 pentatonic, with both E strings on the augmented fifth, so an altered drone hangs under everything you fret. One capo fret rewrites it as the G fingering, which lets open-position shapes take over. Roots land on fret 4, both E strings. First box ends at fret 8, and the A string holds a root at fret 11.

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