Cis Lydian Dominant Scale
The Cis Lydian Dominant scale contains 7 notes: Cis, Dis, Eis, F♯♯, Gis, Ais, H.
Cis Lydian Dominant scale on the piano
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- Scale type
- Lydian Dominant
- Number of notes
- 7
- Formel
- W–W–W–H–W–H–W
- Parent scale
- Gis Melodic Minor (degree 4)
What is the Lydian Dominant scale?
Lydian dominant is the fourth mode of melodic minor — a major scale with a raised fourth and a lowered seventh. It is the standard choice over an unresolved dominant seventh sharp eleven chord, and it is sometimes called the acoustic or overtone scale.
Cis Lydian Dominant uses the same notes as Gis Melodic Minor, started from degree 4 instead of the first. The notes are shared; the tonic, and therefore the sound, is not.
Cis Lydian Dominant 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 Dominant
| 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 | H | m7 | 10 |
Chords in Cis Lydian Dominant
These are the triads built on each degree of Cis Lydian Dominant using only notes from the scale.
Other scales on Cis
Every scale type that starts on Cis, for comparison.
- C♯ major
- Cis Dorian
- Cis Phrygian
- Cis Lydian
- Cis Mixolydian
- Cis Locrian
- Cis Harmonic Minor
- Cis Melodic Minor
- Cis Harmonic Major
- Cis Hungarian Minor
- Cis Phrygian Dominant
- Cis Major Pentatonic
- Cis Minor Pentatonic
- Cis Blues
- Cis Whole Tone
- Cis Chromatic
- Cis Half-Whole Diminished
- Cis Whole-Half Diminished
- Cis Bebop Dominant
- Cis Bebop Major
Lydian Dominant in every key
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What notes are in the Cis Lydian Dominant scale?
The Cis Lydian Dominant scale has 7 notes: Cis, Dis, Eis, F♯♯, Gis, Ais, H.
What is the formula for the Cis Lydian Dominant scale?
The Cis Lydian Dominant scale follows the step pattern W–W–W–H–W–H–W, where H is a half step and W is a whole step.
What scale is Cis Lydian Dominant derived from?
Cis Lydian Dominant is the mode of Gis Melodic Minor 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 Dominant scale?
The triads built from the Cis Lydian Dominant scale are Cis, Dis, Eisdim, F♯♯dim, Gism, Aism, Haug.
