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D lydian #6 Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: E, F#, G#, A, B#, C#, D, E at frets 0, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12

A string: A, B#, C#, D, E, F#, G#, A at frets 0, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12

D string: D, E, F#, G#, A, B#, C#, D at frets 0, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12

G string: G#, A, B#, C#, D, E, F# at frets 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11

B string: B#, C#, D, E, F#, G#, A at frets 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10

High E string: E, F#, G#, A, B#, C#, D, E at frets 0, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12

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D lydian #6

The lydian #6 scale, the second mode of the neapolitan minor scale, sharpens both the 4th and 6th of a major scale. Two raised tones above a major frame push it past lydian into genuinely strange brightness, with an augmented 2nd gap between the 5th and the raised 6th. A rarity, best treated as a special-effect color over maj7#11 harmony.

it consists of these notes and degrees:

D

I

Dmaj
E

II+

Eaug
F♯

iii

F♯m
G♯

#IV

G#maj♭5
A

V

Amaj
B♯

#VI

D7no5/B♯
C♯

vii

C♯m

Same notes, different mode

D lydian #6 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 mixolydian augmentedF# romani minorG# locrian dominantA ionian major #2B# ultralocrianC# neapolitan minor

lydian #6 in all 12 keys, with chords and related scales

tip
  • Both raised tones (#IV (G#) and #6 (C)) resolve upward; write lines that climb, and this scale rewards them with brightness past lydian.
  • Over maj7#11 harmony, use the augmented 2nd from V to #6 (C) as a striking ornament before landing on VII.
  • It is the second mode of neapolitan minor: same notes as the neapolitan minor a whole step below D.
  • Treat it as a special effect: a bar of D lydian #6 (C) inside plain lydian material glows without needing a chord change.

How to play D lydian #6 on guitar

Open A supplies the fifth while open D gives the root, so a drone of two strings sits under everything. Two more scale tones come from the E strings, so four open strings stay in the key. Bottom root is low E fret 10, with G string fret 7 above it. Eaug fills the II slot, which means the second degree carries an augmented triad. Everything from fret 14 is shape two.

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