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A♭ lydian #6 Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: F#, G, Ab, Bb, C, D, Eb at frets 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11

A string: Bb, C, D, Eb, F#, G, Ab at frets 1, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11

D string: D, Eb, F#, G, Ab, Bb, C, D at frets 0, 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12

G string: G, Ab, Bb, C, D, Eb, F#, G at frets 0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12

B string: C, D, Eb, F#, G, Ab, Bb at frets 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11

High E string: F#, G, Ab, Bb, C, D, Eb at frets 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11

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Ab lydian #6

The lydian #6 scale, the second mode of the neapolitan minor scale, sharpens both the 4th and 6th of a major scale. Two raised tones above a major frame push it past lydian into genuinely strange brightness, with an augmented 2nd gap between the 5th and the raised 6th. A rarity, best treated as a special-effect color over maj7#11 harmony.

it consists of these notes and degrees:

A♭

I

A♭maj
B♭

II+

B♭aug
C

iii

Cm
D

#IV

Dmaj♭5
E♭

V

E♭maj
F♯

#VI

A♭7no5/F#
G

vii

Gm

Same notes, different mode

Ab lydian #6 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.

Bb mixolydian augmentedC romani minorD locrian dominantEb ionian major #2F# ultralocrianG neapolitan minor

lydian #6 in all 12 keys, with chords and related scales

tip
  • Both raised tones (#IV (D) and #6 (F#)) resolve upward; write lines that climb, and this scale rewards them with brightness past lydian.
  • Over maj7#11 harmony, use the augmented 2nd from V to #6 (F#) as a striking ornament before landing on VII.
  • It is the second mode of neapolitan minor: same notes as the neapolitan minor a whole step below Ab.
  • Treat it as a special effect: a bar of Ab lydian #6 (F#) inside plain lydian material glows without needing a chord change.

How to play A♭ lydian #6 on guitar

Open D gives the raised fourth and open G the major seventh, so two open strings can act as drones. Roots sit at low E fret 4 and B string fret 9, so the low shape starts close to the nut. Clamp fret 1 to reach this key from G shapes, which means open material still applies. Bbaug is the II chord here. Fret 8 ends the first shape.

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