Cis Lydian Scale
The Cis Lydian scale contains 7 notes: Cis, Dis, Eis, F♯♯, Gis, Ais, His.
Cis Lydian scale on the piano
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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 Duuri, 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
| Sävelaste | Sävel | Intervalli | 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.
- C♯ major
- Cis Dorian
- Cis Phrygian
- Cis Mixolydian
- Cis Locrian
- Cis Harmonic Minor
- Cis Melodic Minor
- Cis Harmonic Major
- Cis Hungarian Minor
- Cis Phrygian Dominant
- Cis Lydian 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 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 Duuri 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.
