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B lydian #5P pentatonic Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: E#, F##, A#, B, D# at frets 1, 3, 6, 7, 11

A string: A#, B, D#, E#, F## at frets 1, 2, 6, 8, 10

D string: D#, E#, F##, A#, B at frets 1, 3, 5, 8, 9

G string: F##, A#, B, D#, E#, F## at frets 0, 3, 4, 8, 10, 12

B string: B, D#, E#, F##, A#, B at frets 0, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12

High E string: E#, F##, A#, B, D# at frets 1, 3, 6, 7, 11

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B 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:

B

I

D♯

III

E♯

#IV

F𝄪

#V

A♯

VII

Same notes, different mode

B 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.

D# 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 B, III, #IV (F), #V (G), 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 (F) to #V (G) 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 B lydian #5P pentatonic on guitar

Open B rings the root while the open G string sounds F##, the augmented fifth, so both available drones come from the middle of the guitar. Capo at fret 2 respells everything as A fingerings, which means the four sharps and that double sharp never reach your hand. Roots sit at fret 7, both E strings. Same grip heard from Eb turns into the flat six pentatonic, 4 semitones higher.

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