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F♯ double harmonic lydian Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: E#, F#, G, A#, B#, C#, D at frets 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10

A string: A#, B#, C#, D, E#, F#, G at frets 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10

D string: D, E#, F#, G, A#, B#, C#, D at frets 0, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12

G string: G, A#, B#, C#, D, E#, F#, G at frets 0, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12

B string: B#, C#, D, E#, F#, G, A# at frets 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11

High E string: E#, F#, G, A#, B#, C#, D at frets 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10

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F# double harmonic lydian

The double harmonic lydian scale is the fourth mode of the double harmonic major scale: root, flat 2nd, major 3rd, raised 4th, 5th, flat 6th, major 7th. Two augmented 2nds and a #4 pack it with as much exotic tension as seven notes allow. It shines over drone-based music, where every chromatic neighbor of the root and 5th can resolve inward.

it consists of these notes and degrees:

F♯

I

F♯maj
G

bII

Gsus4
A♯

iii

A♯m
B♯

#IV

D7no5/B♯
C♯

V

C#maj♭5
D

bVI+

Daug
E♯

VII

E♯sus2

double harmonic lydian in all 12 keys, with chords and related scales

tip
  • Practice the two augmented 2nds (bII (G) to III and, from the raised 4th's perspective, the gap into bVI (D)) as slides over a F# drone.
  • Feature #IV (C) against the 5th, then resolve bII (G) down to the root; two exotic tensions, two clean landings.
  • It is the fourth mode of double harmonic major: same notes as the double harmonic a 4th below F#.
  • Over a static major chord with both b9 and #11 available (guitar-friendly as a phrygian-major hybrid vamp), this is the full-color choice.

How to play F♯ double harmonic lydian on guitar

Two frets of capo put this into E fingering, so the five sharps stop mattering under the hand. Open D and G do fall in the key, at the minor sixth and minor second. Bottom root is fret 2 on the low E and the first box tops out at 6, which means the root at 11 on the G string sits in another position entirely. Gsus4 takes the bII.

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