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Major Modes

D Lydian

NOTES
D E Fā™Æ Gā™Æ A B Cā™Æ D
SCALE FORMULA
1 ā€“ 2 ā€“ 3 ā€“ ā™Æ4 ā€“ 5 ā€“ 6 ā€“ 7
ABOUT THIS SCALE

A bright major mode with a raised fourth, producing an open, floating and cinematic character.

GUITAR FRETBOARD

D Lydian

Standard tuning ā€” E A D G B E ā€” open through fret 24.

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Playback: The scale follows a practical two-octave route across nearby strings and frets. The note currently sounding turns bright white.
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Chord progression ideas

Key of D

Lydian Lift

Imaj7 ā€“ II ā€“ Imaj7
Dmaj7 ā†’ E ā†’ Dmaj7

The major II chord contains the raised fourth that defines the bright, floating Lydian sound.

Open Lydian

I ā€“ II ā€“ V ā€“ I
D ā†’ E ā†’ A ā†’ D

A spacious progression for cinematic, progressive and ambient-style improvisation.