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Lydian dominant scale on C

The Lydian dominant scale, or Lydian ♭7 scale,^[1]^[2] is a synthetic scale which, starting on C, runs C D E F♯ G A B♭ C. Its name refers to the presence of an augmented fourth as in the Lydian mode (C D E F♯ G A B C) and a minor seventh as in the dominant 7th chord (C E G B♭). It is the 4th mode of the ascending melodic minor scale, and is also known as the acoustic scale or the "Overtone scale".^[3]

The scale is frequently used in jazz and sometimes blues to "colour" dominant 7th chords to the effect of a 7#11 chord, particularly on the V chord. It is one of the more popular modes of the Melodic Minor.

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^ Berle, Arnie (1997). "The Lydian Dominant Scale". Mel Bay's Encyclopedia of Scales, Modes and Melodic Patterns: A Unique Approach to Developing Ear, Mind and Finger Coordination. Pacific, Missouri: Mel Bay Publications. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-7866-1791-3. OCLC 48534968. http://books.google.com/books?id=5YpeM9mTRIAC&pg=PA55.
^ Fewell, Garrison (February 1998). "Sessions: Lydian-Dominant Strategies". Guitar Player 32 (2): 154–155.
^ Persichetti, Vincent (1961). Twentieth-Century Harmony. New York City: W. W. Norton & Company. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-393-09539-5. OCLC 318260658.

[0] Berle, Arnie (1997). "The Lydian Dominant Scale". Mel Bay's Encyclopedia of Scales, Modes and Melodic Patterns: A Unique Approach to Developing Ear, Mind and Finger Coordination. Pacific, Missouri: Mel Bay Publications. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-7866-1791-3. OCLC 48534968. http://books.google.com/books?id=5YpeM9mTRIAC&pg=PA55.

[1] Fewell, Garrison (February 1998). "Sessions: Lydian-Dominant Strategies". Guitar Player 32 (2): 154–155.

[2] Persichetti, Vincent (1961). Twentieth-Century Harmony. New York City: W. W. Norton & Company. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-393-09539-5. OCLC 318260658.

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