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Fig. 1 · Eb Lydian dominant · first 12 frets

guitar scale

E♭ Lydian dominant

E♭1F2G3A♯4B♭5C6D♭♭7

Raised fourth and flattened seventh at once — the fourth mode of melodic minor.

The same sounds spelled from the other side are D♯ Lydian dominant.

on ukuleleon piano

Written out

Fig. 2 · Eb Lydian dominant, ascending

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

E♭WFWGWAHB♭WCHD♭WE♭

What is true of it

E♭ Lydian dominant is E♭, F, G, A, B♭, C and D♭, and back to E♭.

Its steps are W – W – W – H – W – H – W, where W is a whole step and H a half.

On the same tonic, E♭ 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

CmminorCm7minor seventhD♭augaugmentedE♭majorE♭7dominant seventhFmajorFaugaugmentedF7dominant seventh

Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 7 sounds, not chosen.

Other scales on E♭

E♭ Phrygian dominantexoticE♭ alteredexoticE♭ double harmonicexoticE♭ majormajorE♭ natural minorminorE♭ harmonic minorminor

C lyd domC♯ lyd domD♭ lyd domD lyd domE lyd domF lyd domF♯ lyd domG♭ lyd domall 374