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 B♭ 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♯ minor
- 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 B♭ 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♯, F♯♯m, G♯♯dim, A♯, B♯m, C♯♯m.
