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