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D♭ lydian dominant b6 Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: F, G, Ab, Bbb, Cb, Db, Eb at frets 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11

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

D string: Eb, F, G, Ab, Bbb, Cb, Db at frets 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11

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

B string: Cb, Db, Eb, F, G, Ab, Bbb, Cb at frets 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12

High E string: F, G, Ab, Bbb, Cb, Db, Eb at frets 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11

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Db lydian dominant b6

The lydian dominant b6 scale, the fourth mode of the neapolitan major scale, is lydian dominant with its 6th lowered, the same collection catalogued as the lydian minor scale. Bright #4 below, dark b6 and b7 above: a dominant color that promises resolution to minor. It fits 7#11b13 chords and film-score cadences.

it consists of these notes and degrees:

D♭

I

D♭maj
E♭

II

E♭majb5
F

iii°

Fdim
G

#IV

B𝄫7no5/G
A♭

v

A♭m
B𝄫

bVI+

B𝄫aug
C♭

bVII+

C♭aug

Same notes, different mode

Db lydian dominant b6 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 major locrianF half-diminished b4G altered dominant double b3Ab neapolitan majorA leading whole toneCb lydian augmented dominant

lydian dominant b6 in all 12 keys, with chords and related scales

tip
  • Bright below, dark above: feature #IV (G) rising against b6 (A) falling, the scale's push-pull, over a dominant chord on Db.
  • Use it on a V7#11 resolving to minor: the b6 (A) pre-hears the minor destination the same way mixolydian b6 (A) does.
  • The same collection is catalogued as lydian minor; whichever name you reach it by, III and bVII (B) remain the guide tones.
  • As the fourth mode of neapolitan major, it shares all notes with the neapolitan major a 4th below Db.

How to play D♭ lydian dominant b6 on guitar

Three open strings sit inside Db lydian dominant b6, none of them root or fifth, so let them pass instead of ringing under a line. A capo at fret 1 reads it as C, which lets five flats collapse into shapes you already use. Nut-nearest root is fret 2 on the B string. Lowest root is fret 9 on the low E, and box one ends at fret 13.

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