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D♭ lydian augmented Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: F, G, A, Bb, C, Db, Eb at frets 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11

A string: A, Bb, C, Db, Eb, F, G, A at frets 0, 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12

D string: Eb, F, G, A, Bb, C, Db at frets 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11

G string: G, A, Bb, C, Db, Eb, F, G at frets 0, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12

B string: C, Db, Eb, F, G, A, Bb at frets 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11

High E string: F, G, A, Bb, C, Db, Eb at frets 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11

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Db lydian augmented

The lydian augmented scale, the third mode of the melodic minor scale, raises both the 4th and 5th of a major scale. It outlines a maj7#5 chord with a #11, about the brightest and least grounded color mainstream jazz harmony uses. Reach for it when a major 7th chord should shimmer instead of rest.

it consists of these notes and degrees:

D♭

I+

D♭aug
E♭

II

E♭maj
F

III

Fmaj
G

#iv°

Gdim
A

#v°

Adim
B♭

vi

B♭m
C

vii

Cm

Characteristic notes: G (#4) and A (#5), the raised fourth and fifth floating over a melodic minor base.

Same notes, different mode

Db lydian augmented 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.

Eb lydian dominantF mixolydian b6G locrian #2A alteredBb melodic minorC dorian b2

lydian augmented in all 12 keys, with chords and related scales

tip
  • Play it over maj7#5 chords: Db lydian augmented is the only common scale containing both the #4 (G) and #5 (A) above a major 7th frame.
  • Suspend rather than resolve: hold #IV (G) or #V (A) over the chord and let the brightness hang.
  • Think melodic minor down a minor 3rd from Db; the fingering transfers directly.
  • Use it for a two-chord lift: Dbmaj7#5 moving to the plain maj7 a whole step down turns the scale into an arrival effect.

How to play D♭ lydian augmented on guitar

Only two open strings survive, A as an augmented fifth and G as an augmented fourth, so any pedal has to come from fretted notes instead. Roots start at fret 9 on both E strings and at 4 on the A. Dbaug is the I+ chord. Capo fret 1 and it becomes C lydian augmented, which lets you rehearse the shape in a friendlier spelling before pushing it back up the neck, where position one gives out at fret 13.

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