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D lydian #5P pentatonic Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

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

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

D string: D, F#, G#, A#, C#, D at frets 0, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12

G string: G#, A#, C#, D, F# at frets 1, 3, 6, 7, 11

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

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

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D 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:

D

I

F♯

III

G♯

#IV

A♯

#V

C♯

VII

Same notes, different mode

D 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.

F# 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 D, III, #IV (G#), #V (A#), 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 (G#) to #V (A#) 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 D lydian #5P pentatonic on guitar

Open D drones the root under D lydian #5 pentatonic, the only open string in the scale, so every other voice gets fretted against that pedal. Same fingering doubles as the flat six pentatonic from Gb, 4 semitones up, which lets one memorized box serve two tonics. E-shape barre anchors fret 10, A-shape fret 5. Position one runs from the fret 10 root and is spent by fret 14.

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