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C lydian augmented dominant Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

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

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

D string: D, E, F#, G#, A, Bb, C, D at frets 0, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12

G string: G#, A, Bb, C, D, E, F# at frets 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11

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

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

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C 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:

C

I+

Caug
D

II

Dmaj
E

III

Emaj♭5
F♯

#iv°

F♯dim
G♯

#V

B♭7no5/G#
A

vi

Am
B♭

bVII+

B♭aug

Same notes, different mode

C 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.

D lydian dominant b6E major locrianF# half-diminished b4G# altered dominant double b3A neapolitan majorBb 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 C lydian augmented dominant lands; arpeggiate III, #IV (F#), #V (G#), bVII (Bb) to spell the chord's color.
  • Resolve it as a dominant: bVII (Bb) falls to the 3rd of the chord a 4th above C, 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 C lydian augmented dominant on guitar

Both E strings, open A and open D all fall in this key, but none of them makes a viable drone, so treat them as passing tones rather than a pedal. Roots wait at fret 8 on the outer strings and fret 3 on the A. Am is the one plain minor triad in the harmony, which means it works as a resting chord between the augmented shapes. Fret 1 on the B string caps the top. Position one ends at fret 12, so the shift is easy to place.

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