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D lydian augmented dominant Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

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

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

D string: D, E, F#, G#, A#, B, C, D at frets 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12

G string: G#, A#, B, C, D, E, F# at frets 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11

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

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

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D 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+

Daug
E

II

Emaj
F♯

III

F#maj♭5
G♯

#iv°

G♯dim
A♯

#V

C7no5/A♯
B

vi

Bm
C

bVII+

Caug

Same notes, different mode

D 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.

E lydian dominant b6F# major locrianG# half-diminished b4A# altered dominant double b3B neapolitan majorC 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 D lydian augmented dominant lands; arpeggiate III, #IV (G#), #V (A#), bVII (C) to spell the chord's color.
  • Resolve it as a dominant: bVII (C) falls to the 3rd of the chord a 4th above D, 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

Open D is the root and it rings, with both E strings a whole step above and open B a major sixth up, so four strings pedal in key. Drone work is free here. Roots repeat at fret 10 on the outer strings, fret 5 on the A and fret 3 on the B, which means you never have to hunt for one. Fret 7 on the G string covers the middle, so the octave is spanned in one position. Fret 14 is where the first shape gives out.

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