E♭ Lydian Scale
The E♭ Lydian scale contains 7 notes: E♭, F, G, A, B♭, C, D.
E♭ 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.
E♭ 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.
E♭ 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 E♭ Lydian
| Trinn | Note | Intervall | Semitones |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | E♭ | P1 | 0 |
| 2 | F | M2 | 2 |
| 3 | G | M3 | 4 |
| 4 | A | TT | 6 |
| 5 | B♭ | P5 | 7 |
| 6 | C | M6 | 9 |
| 7 | D | M7 | 11 |
Chords in E♭ Lydian
These are the triads built on each degree of E♭ Lydian using only notes from the scale.
Other scales on E♭
Every scale type that starts on E♭, for comparison.
- E♭ major
- E♭ Dorian
- E♭ Phrygian
- E♭ Mixolydian
- E♭ Locrian
- E♭ Harmonic Minor
- E♭ Melodic Minor
- E♭ Harmonic Major
- E♭ Hungarian Minor
- E♭ Phrygian Dominant
- E♭ Lydian Dominant
- E♭ Major Pentatonic
- E♭ Minor Pentatonic
- E♭ Blues
- E♭ Whole Tone
- E♭ Chromatic
- E♭ Half-Whole Diminished
- E♭ Whole-Half Diminished
- E♭ Bebop Dominant
- E♭ Bebop Major
Lydian in every key
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What notes are in the E♭ Lydian scale?
The E♭ Lydian scale has 7 notes: E♭, F, G, A, B♭, C, D.
What is the formula for the E♭ Lydian scale?
The E♭ 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 E♭ Lydian derived from?
E♭ 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 E♭ Lydian scale?
The triads built from the E♭ Lydian scale are E♭, F, Gm, Adim, B♭, Cm, Dm.
