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D♭ lydian augmented dominant Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: F, G, A, Bb, Cb, Db, Eb at frets 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11

A string: A, Bb, Cb, Db, Eb, F, G, A at frets 0, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12

D string: Eb, F, G, A, Bb, Cb, Db at frets 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11

G string: G, A, Bb, Cb, Db, Eb, F, G at frets 0, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12

B string: Cb, Db, Eb, F, G, A, Bb, Cb at frets 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12

High E string: F, G, A, Bb, Cb, Db, Eb at frets 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11

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Db 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:

D♭

I+

D♭aug
E♭

II

E♭maj
F

III

Fmaj♭5
G

#iv°

Gdim
A

#V

C♭7no5/A
B♭

vi

B♭m
C♭

bVII+

C♭aug

Same notes, different mode

Db 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.

Eb lydian dominant b6F major locrianG half-diminished b4A altered dominant double b3Bb neapolitan majorCb 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 Db lydian augmented dominant lands; arpeggiate III, #IV (G), #V (A), bVII (B) to spell the chord's color.
  • Resolve it as a dominant: bVII (B) falls to the 3rd of the chord a 4th above Db, 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 D♭ lydian augmented dominant on guitar

Capo fret 1 and the grip is identical to C, so every shape you have in that key comes across intact. Open A and open G both sit an augmented interval above the root, a fifth and a fourth respectively, while open B sounds Cb a minor seventh up. None of the three is a viable drone. Roots sit at fret 9 on the two E strings, with fret 4 on the A next up, which means the low box has two anchors within reach. At fret 13 you are in the next shape, so the box has a hard ceiling.

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