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C lydian #5P pentatonic Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: E, F#, G#, B, C, E at frets 0, 2, 4, 7, 8, 12

A string: B, C, E, F#, G# at frets 2, 3, 7, 9, 11

D string: E, F#, G#, B, C at frets 2, 4, 6, 9, 10

G string: G#, B, C, E, F# at frets 1, 4, 5, 9, 11

B string: B, C, E, F#, G#, B at frets 0, 1, 5, 7, 9, 12

High E string: E, F#, G#, B, C, E at frets 0, 2, 4, 7, 8, 12

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C 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:

C

I

E

III

F♯

#IV

G♯

#V

B

VII

Same notes, different mode

C 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.

E 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 C, 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 C lydian #5P pentatonic on guitar

Open low E, B and high E all sound tones of C lydian #5 pentatonic, the major third twice plus the major seventh, so partial drones stay available. Heard from a tonic 4 semitones higher, the identical fingering becomes the flat six pentatonic on E, which means one shape earns two names. Roots anchor at fret 8 on the E strings and fret 3 on the A string. Box one spans fret 8 to fret 12.

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