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A lydian #5P pentatonic Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: E#, G#, A, C#, D# at frets 1, 4, 5, 9, 11

A string: A, C#, D#, E#, G#, A at frets 0, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12

D string: D#, E#, G#, A, C# at frets 1, 3, 6, 7, 11

G string: G#, A, C#, D#, E# at frets 1, 2, 6, 8, 10

B string: C#, D#, E#, G#, A at frets 2, 4, 6, 9, 10

High E string: E#, G#, A, C#, D# at frets 1, 4, 5, 9, 11

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A 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

A 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.

C# flat six pentatonic

lydian #5P pentatonic in all 12 keys, with chords and related scales

tip
  • Five notes outlining a maj7#5 with a #11: arpeggiate A, III, #IV (D#), #V (F), 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 (F) 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

Open A drones the root, and no other open string touches this scale, so the low pedal comes free while everything above it is fretted. Root also sits at fret 5 on both E strings, which means the E-shape barre and box one share one anchor. Position one wraps up at fret 9. From Db, 4 semitones higher, the same fingering reads as the flat six pentatonic.

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