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B lydian #6 Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: E#, F#, G##, A#, B, C#, D# at frets 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11

A string: G##, A#, B, C#, D#, E#, F#, G## at frets 0, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12

D string: D#, E#, F#, G##, A#, B, C# at frets 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11

G string: G##, A#, B, C#, D#, E#, F# at frets 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11

B string: B, C#, D#, E#, F#, G##, A#, B at frets 0, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12

High E string: E#, F#, G##, A#, B, C#, D# at frets 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11

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B 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

Bmaj
C♯

II+

C♯aug
D♯

iii

D♯m
E♯

#IV

E#maj♭5
F♯

V

F♯maj
G𝄪

#VI

B7no5/G𝄪
A♯

vii

A♯m

Same notes, different mode

B 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 #2A ultralocrianA# neapolitan minor

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

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

How to play B lydian #6 on guitar

Root comes free on open B, and open A adds the raised sixth, so a pair of open strings backs the melody. Low E fret 7 gives the lowest root, and G string fret 4 the next. C#aug serves as the II chord, so degree two carries an augmented triad. Capo fret 2 turns the A shapes into this key, so nut work still transfers. Fret 11 ends the root box.

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