B♭ Lydian Scale
The B♭ Lydian scale contains 7 notes: B♭, C, D, E, F, G, A.
B♭ 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.
B♭ Lydian uses the same notes as F Dur, started from degree 4 instead of the first. The notes are shared; the tonic, and therefore the sound, is not.
B♭ 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 B♭ Lydian
| Trinn | Note | Intervall | Semitones |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B♭ | P1 | 0 |
| 2 | C | M2 | 2 |
| 3 | D | M3 | 4 |
| 4 | E | TT | 6 |
| 5 | F | P5 | 7 |
| 6 | G | M6 | 9 |
| 7 | A | M7 | 11 |
Chords in B♭ Lydian
These are the triads built on each degree of B♭ Lydian using only notes from the scale.
Other scales on B♭
Every scale type that starts on B♭, for comparison.
- B♭ major
- B♭ Dorian
- B♭ Phrygian
- B♭ Mixolydian
- B♭ Locrian
- B♭ Harmonic Minor
- B♭ Melodic Minor
- B♭ Harmonic Major
- B♭ Hungarian Minor
- B♭ Phrygian Dominant
- B♭ Lydian Dominant
- B♭ Major Pentatonic
- B♭ Minor Pentatonic
- B♭ Blues
- B♭ Whole Tone
- B♭ Chromatic
- B♭ Half-Whole Diminished
- B♭ Whole-Half Diminished
- B♭ Bebop Dominant
- B♭ Bebop Major
Lydian in every key
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What notes are in the B♭ Lydian scale?
The B♭ Lydian scale has 7 notes: B♭, C, D, E, F, G, A.
What is the formula for the B♭ Lydian scale?
The B♭ 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 B♭ Lydian derived from?
B♭ Lydian is the mode of F Dur that starts on its 4 degree. Both scales use the same notes but resolve to a different tonic.
What chords are in the B♭ Lydian scale?
The triads built from the B♭ Lydian scale are B♭, C, Dm, Edim, F, Gm, Am.
