The goal of this lesson is to show you the application of the lydian dominant scale in chord formation. Important: The fretboard is shown with the lowest pitch string at the bottom and the highest pitch string at the top (unless you've tuned your instrument differently.) Attention: You’ll appreciate the application of the lydian dominant scale in chord formation more if you’re a gospel or jazz pianist. Back to the scale... as usual in music theory, this scale takes several names, one more ridiculous that the other :-) Lydian b7, Lydian Dominant, Mixolydian #4, 4th mode of Melodic Minor..... but despite the complex names, the basic idea is simple, and the scale sounds great. Learn to visualise and navigate the guitar fretboard in a systematic and effective way. In this major scale stacked as thirds (chord: Cmaj7) you have a b9 between the e and the f, highlighted below with the two stars. Show me chords that sound good with an A# Lydian Dominant scale. The fourth mode of the Melodic Minor Scale is called the Lydian Dominant. The Lydian scale is the scale that appears when a major scale is played with the fourth note (fourth scale-degree) as the root. The Lydian dominant scale, also known as the overtone dominant scale, is a seven note scale with a numeric formula of 1-2-3-♯ 4-5-6-♭ 7-8/1. Thus, a C major scale played from "F" is an F Lydian scale. It's a super hip kind of sound used by modern Blues and Jazz players. It is similar to the major scale except for the raised fourth. Lydian Dominant scale diagrams beginning on each of the 12 chromatic tones. Hit "Go" to see the result. Scale diagrams can also be labeled with either letters or scale degrees. Note the b9 problem on the left but a lusciously sweet sounding natural nine in the case of lydian dominant: If you're hip with your theory you know that Lydian means the #11 (#4) is present, and Dominant means there's a b7 about too - which perfectly describes this scale! Lydian scale for guitar. Our 85+ hours of practice material helps you master improvisation! The Scale and the chord. The Lydian dominant scale that goes with this chord is the 4th degree of the E melodic minor scale as shown here below: It is also the fourth mode of the melodic minor scale and can be described as simply a major scale with a sharpened fourth and a flattened seventh degrees. All the examples in this lesson are using an A7(#11) as the Lydian dominant. Here you have regular mixolydian on the left and lydian dominant (just raise the fourth) on the right. The Lydian scale, or mode, is the fourth of the seven musical modes. However, if you’re neither a gospel nor a jazz pianist, it’s also important you learn about the chords that can be formed using the lydian dominant scale.