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F♯ 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, 10, 11, 12

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

D string: C##, D#, E, F#, G#, A#, B#, C## at frets 0, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12

G string: G#, A#, B#, C##, D#, E, F# at frets 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11

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

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

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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+

F♯aug
G♯

II

G♯maj
A♯

III

A#maj♭5
B♯

#iv°

B♯dim
C𝄪

#V

E7no5/C𝄪
D♯

vi

D♯m
E

bVII+

Eaug

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 b4D altered dominant double b3D# neapolitan majorE 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 (C), #V (D), bVII (E) to spell the chord's color.
  • Resolve it as a dominant: bVII (E) 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

Both E strings ring a minor seventh over the root and the open D spells C##, an augmented fifth up, which means three strings sit in key without a finger down. Capo fret 2 and the whole shape reads as E. Roots begin at fret 2 on the outer strings, so the first shape sits two frets above the nut. B#dim covers the sharp fourth degree, so a diminished grip is always in reach. Six sharps, and the box ends at fret 6.

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