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Fig. 1 · A# Lydian · first 12 frets

ukulele scale

A♯ Lydian

A♯1B♯2C𝄪3D𝄪♯4E♯5F𝄪6G𝄪7

Major with a raised fourth. The fourth mode of the major scale.

The same sounds spelled from the other side are B♭ Lydian.

on guitaron piano

Written out

Fig. 2 · A# Lydian, 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

A♯WB♯WC𝄪WD𝄪HE♯WF𝄪WG𝄪HA♯

What is true of it

A♯ Lydian is A♯, B♯, C𝄪, D𝄪, E♯, F𝄪 and G𝄪, and back to A♯.

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

Written correctly it needs 11 alterations, C𝄪, D𝄪, 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, A♯ major differs from it by exactly one note.

Across the first twelve frets of the ukulele its notes fall in 32 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.

Chords made only of these notes

A♯majorA♯maj7major seventh

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

Other scales on A♯

A♯ DorianmodeA♯ PhrygianmodeA♯ MixolydianmodeA♯ majormajorA♯ natural minorminorA♯ harmonic minorminor

C lydC♯ lydD♭ lydD lydD♯ lydE♭ lydE lydF lydall 374