The F Lydian scale contains 7 notes: F, G, A, H, C, D, E.
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.
F Lydian uses the same notes as C Dúr, started from degree 4 instead of the first. The notes are shared; the tonic, and therefore the sound, is not.
F 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.
| Fok | Hang | Hangköz | Semitones |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | F | P1 | 0 |
| 2 | G | M2 | 2 |
| 3 | A | M3 | 4 |
| 4 | H | TT | 6 |
| 5 | C | P5 | 7 |
| 6 | D | M6 | 9 |
| 7 | E | M7 | 11 |
These are the triads built on each degree of F Lydian using only notes from the scale.
Every scale type that starts on F, for comparison.
The F Lydian scale has 7 notes: F, G, A, H, C, D, E.
The F 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.
F Lydian is the mode of C Dúr that starts on its 4 degree. Both scales use the same notes but resolve to a different tonic.
The triads built from the F Lydian scale are F, G, Am, Hdim, C, Dm, Em.