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F lydian augmented dominant Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: F, G, A, B, C#, D, Eb at frets 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11

A string: A, B, C#, D, Eb, F, G, A at frets 0, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12

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

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

B string: B, C#, D, Eb, F, G, A, B at frets 0, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12

High E string: F, G, A, B, C#, D, Eb at frets 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11

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F 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:

F

I+

Faug
G

II

Gmaj
A

III

Amaj♭5
B

#iv°

Bdim
C♯

#V

E♭7no5/C#
D

vi

Dm
E♭

bVII+

E♭aug

Same notes, different mode

F 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.

G lydian dominant b6A major locrianB half-diminished b4C# altered dominant double b3D neapolitan majorEb 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 F lydian augmented dominant lands; arpeggiate III, #IV (B), #V (C#), bVII (Eb) to spell the chord's color.
  • Resolve it as a dominant: bVII (Eb) falls to the 3rd of the chord a 4th above F, 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 F lydian augmented dominant on guitar

Open A, D, G and B all sit in this key, a major third, a major sixth, a major second and an augmented fourth above the root. Nothing sustains as a drone, so those four are colour rather than a pedal. Roots start at fret 1 on either E string, plus fret 8 on the A, which puts the first shape a single barre above the nut. Capo fret 1 and it becomes E, so every E shape you know transfers. Fret 5 closes the opening box.

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