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E lydian dominant b6 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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E 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:

E

I

Emaj
F♯

II

F#maj♭5
G♯

iii°

G♯dim
A♯

#IV

C7no5/A♯
B

v

Bm
C

bVI+

Caug
D

bVII+

Daug

Same notes, different mode

E 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.

F# major locrianG# half-diminished b4A# altered dominant double b3B neapolitan majorC leading whole toneD lydian augmented dominant

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

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

How to play E lydian dominant b6 on guitar

Both E strings are open roots and the open B gives the fifth, which means a tonic-and-fifth drone needs no fingers at all. Open D fills in the lowered seventh. Because the root is an open string, box one ends at fret 4, so the second shape starts almost at the nut. Other roots sit at fret 2 on the D string, fret 5 on the B string and fret 9 on the G string.

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