The 変ト Lydian scale contains 7 notes: 変ト, 変イ, 変ロ, ハ, 変ニ, 変ホ, ヘ.
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.
変ト Lydian uses the same notes as 変ニ メジャー, started from degree 4 instead of the first. The notes are shared; the tonic, and therefore the sound, is not.
変ト 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.
| 音度 | 音 | 音程 | Semitones |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 変ト | P1 | 0 |
| 2 | 変イ | M2 | 2 |
| 3 | 変ロ | M3 | 4 |
| 4 | ハ | TT | 6 |
| 5 | 変ニ | P5 | 7 |
| 6 | 変ホ | M6 | 9 |
| 7 | ヘ | M7 | 11 |
These are the triads built on each degree of 変ト Lydian using only notes from the scale.
Every scale type that starts on 変ト, for comparison.
The 変ト Lydian scale has 7 notes: 変ト, 変イ, 変ロ, ハ, 変ニ, 変ホ, ヘ.
The 変ト 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.
変ト Lydian is the mode of 変ニ メジャー that starts on its 4 degree. Both scales use the same notes but resolve to a different tonic.
The triads built from the 変ト Lydian scale are 変ト, 変イ, 変ロm, ハdim, 変ニ, 変ホm, ヘm.