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G lydian dominant b6 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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G 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:

G

I

Gmaj
A

II

Amaj♭5
B

iii°

Bdim
C♯

#IV

E♭7no5/C#
D

v

Dm
E♭

bVI+

E♭aug
F

bVII+

Faug

Same notes, different mode

G 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.

A major locrianB half-diminished b4C# altered dominant double b3D neapolitan majorEb leading whole toneF lydian augmented dominant

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

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

How to play G lydian dominant b6 on guitar

Open G is the root and open D the fifth, so four open strings belong and two of them pedal. Open A and B add the second and third. Roots sit at fret 3 on both E strings and fret 10 on the A string, so an E-shape barre at fret 3 doubles the open G. Box one ends at fret 7, and no chord in the set works as a dominant.

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