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E lydian augmented dominant Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

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

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

D string: D, E, F#, G#, A#, B#, C#, D at frets 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12

G string: G#, A#, B#, C#, D, E, F# at frets 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11

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

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

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E 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:

E

I+

Eaug
F♯

II

F♯maj
G♯

III

G#maj♭5
A♯

#iv°

A♯dim
B♯

#V

D7no5/B♯
C♯

vi

C♯m
D

bVII+

Daug

Same notes, different mode

E 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.

F# lydian dominant b6G# major locrianA# half-diminished b4B# altered dominant double b3C# neapolitan majorD 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 E lydian augmented dominant lands; arpeggiate III, #IV (A#), #V (C), bVII (D) to spell the chord's color.
  • Resolve it as a dominant: bVII (D) falls to the 3rd of the chord a 4th above E, 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 E lydian augmented dominant on guitar

Open low E is the root at fret 0, and the high E doubles it, so the lowest shape starts at the nut with no stretch. Open D also lands in key, a minor seventh above. Roots line up at fret 7 on the A string, fret 2 on the D, fret 9 on the G and fret 5 on the B, which means every string carries one. Five sharps on the page. Fret 4 is where the opening box gives way, so the shift comes early.

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