guitar scale
D♯ Lydian dominant
Raised fourth and flattened seventh at once — the fourth mode of melodic minor.
The same sounds spelled from the other side are E♭ Lydian dominant.
Written out
Every accidental is written in, rather than left to a key signature, so the letters can be read one at a time.
The step pattern
What is true of it
D♯ Lydian dominant is D♯, E♯, F𝄪, G𝄪, A♯, B♯ and C♯, and back to D♯.
Its steps are W – W – W – H – W – H – W, where W is a whole step and H a half.
Written correctly it needs 9 alterations, F𝄪 and G𝄪 among them. That is what the letters force, and it is also why nobody writes music in this key: the same notes spelled from the other side are easier to read.
On the same tonic, D♯ Lydian differs from it by exactly one note.
Across the first twelve frets of the guitar its notes fall in 44 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.
Chords made only of these notes
Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 7 sounds, not chosen.
Other scales on D♯
C lyd domC♯ lyd domD♭ lyd domD lyd domE lyd domF lyd domF♯ lyd domG♭ lyd domall 374