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Lydian ♯2 ♯6 scale

exotic Lydian ♯2 ♯6

7 notes

guide tones (3rd & 7th — the heart of the sound) avoid (strong clash)

C · D# · E · F# · G · A# · B

What color?

Lydian loaded with #2 (#9) and #6 (#13) on top of the #11: a stack of augmented colors with a very exotic character. A rare mode from the double harmonic that opens a downright unexpected angle on a maj7.

Origin & history

The second mode of the double harmonic scale. A very chromatic theoretical mode, with no tradition of its own.

Which chords to play it on?

Outside the functional consensus: this is an exploration color. Lay it over a vamp or a held chord to tint your improvisation with an unexpected flavor, rather than inside a cadence.

Sibling modes

The Lydian ♯2 ♯6 scale is one of the modes of the double harmonic scale : it shares exactly the same notes as the modes below, but built on a different degree of the parent scale (double harmonic major (Byzantine)).

double harmonic major (Byzantine) Byzantine, two augmented seconds ultraphrygian diminished Phrygian bb7 Hungarian minor Hungarian minor, double augmented second Oriental Oriental, double augmented second Ionian ♯2 ♯5 exotic major ♯2 ♯5 Locrian ♭♭3 ♭♭7 doubly diminished Locrian

Try it in a real chart

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