Cis Lydian Scale: Notes, Formula & Chords

Cis Lydian scale on the piano

Cis – Dis – Eis – F♯♯ – Gis – Ais – His

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Scale type: Lydian
Number of notes: 7
Formel: W–W–W–H–W–W–H
Parent scale: As Dur (degree 4)

What is the Lydian scale?

Lydian is the fourth mode of the major scale — a major scale with a raised fourth. The raised fourth removes the pull of the perfect fourth and leaves a floating, open sound used constantly in film scoring.

Cis Lydian uses the same notes as As Dur, started from degree 4 instead of the first. The notes are shared; the tonic, and therefore the sound, is not.

Cis Lydian is a scale, not a key. It has no key signature of its own — music that uses it is normally written in the key signature of its parent scale, with any extra accidentals added as they occur.

Scale degrees of Cis Lydian

Trin	Node	Interval	Semitones
1	Cis	P1	0
2	Dis	M2	2
3	Eis	M3	4
4	F♯♯	TT	6
5	Gis	P5	7
6	Ais	M6	9
7	His	M7	11

Chords in Cis Lydian

These are the triads built on each degree of Cis Lydian using only notes from the scale.

Other scales on Cis

Every scale type that starts on Cis, for comparison.

Lydian in every key

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What notes are in the Cis Lydian scale?

The Cis Lydian scale has 7 notes: Cis, Dis, Eis, F♯♯, Gis, Ais, His.

What is the formula for the Cis Lydian scale?

The Cis Lydian scale follows the step pattern W–W–W–H–W–W–H, where H is a half step and W is a whole step.

What scale is Cis Lydian derived from?

Cis Lydian is the mode of As Dur that starts on its 4 degree. Both scales use the same notes but resolve to a different tonic.

What chords are in the Cis Lydian scale?

The triads built from the Cis Lydian scale are Cis, Dis, Eism, F♯♯dim, Gis, Aism, Hism.