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B♭ lydian augmented dominant Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: E, F#, G, Ab, Bb, C, D, E at frets 0, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12

A string: Bb, C, D, E, F#, G, Ab at frets 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11

D string: D, E, F#, G, Ab, Bb, C, D at frets 0, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12

G string: G, Ab, Bb, C, D, E, F#, G at frets 0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12

B string: C, D, E, F#, G, Ab, Bb at frets 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11

High E string: E, F#, G, Ab, Bb, C, D, E at frets 0, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12

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Bb lydian augmented dominant

The lydian augmented dominant scale, the third mode of the neapolitan major scale, stacks every bright alteration onto a dominant sound: raised 4th, raised 5th, flat 7th. It matches 7#5#11 chords note for note, sitting one step further out than lydian dominant. Fusion players use it when a dominant chord should glow rather than resolve.

it consists of these notes and degrees:

B♭

I+

B♭aug
C

II

Cmaj
D

III

Dmaj♭5
E

#iv°

Edim
F♯

#V

A♭7no5/F#
G

vi

Gm
A♭

bVII+

A♭aug

Same notes, different mode

Bb lydian augmented dominant 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 lydian dominant b6D major locrianE half-diminished b4F# altered dominant double b3G neapolitan majorAb leading whole tone

lydian augmented dominant in all 12 keys, with chords and related scales

tip
  • Over a 7#5#11 chord, every note of Bb lydian augmented dominant lands; arpeggiate III, #IV (E), #V (F#), bVII (Ab) to spell the chord's color.
  • Resolve it as a dominant: bVII (Ab) falls to the 3rd of the chord a 4th above Bb, and the raised tones settle by half step.
  • One notch brighter than lydian dominant: swap between the two over a vamp by moving only the 5th.
  • It is the third mode of neapolitan major; recycle that scale's fingering from a major 6th below.

How to play B♭ lydian augmented dominant on guitar

Both E strings, open D and open G land in this key, though none of them works as a drone, so they are passing colour only. Fret 1 on the A string gives the root nearest the nut, while fret 6 on both E strings answers it, which means the low box is easy to frame. Gm is the only minor triad in the set. Two flats in the signature. Fret 10 ends the opening shape, so the shift point is fixed.

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