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B♭ lydian #6 Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: E, F, G#, A, Bb, C, D, E at frets 0, 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12

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

D string: D, E, F, G#, A, Bb, C, D at frets 0, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12

G string: G#, A, Bb, C, D, E, F at frets 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10

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

High E string: E, F, G#, A, Bb, C, D, E at frets 0, 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12

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Bb 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:

B♭

I

B♭maj
C

II+

Caug
D

iii

Dm
E

#IV

Emaj♭5
F

V

Fmaj
G♯

#VI

B♭7no5/G#
A

vii

Am

Same notes, different mode

Bb 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.

C mixolydian augmentedD romani minorE locrian dominantF ionian major #2G# ultralocrianA neapolitan minor

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

tip
  • Both raised tones (#IV (E) and #6 (G#)) 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 (G#) 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 Bb.
  • Treat it as a special effect: a bar of Bb lydian #6 (G#) inside plain lydian material glows without needing a chord change.

How to play B♭ lydian #6 on guitar

Both E strings supply the raised fourth open, so that tone rings with no finger on it. Open A gives the major seventh and open D the major third, which means four strings are usable as drones. Roots occupy low E fret 6 and D string fret 8. Caug covers the II chord, which means the augmented triad is built in. Fret 10 marks the position change.

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