B♭ Lydian Scale

B♭ lydian

Notes

B♭ · C · D · E · F · G · A

Intervals

  • RootB♭ (1P)
  • Major 2ndC (2M)
  • Major 3rdD (3M)
  • Augmented 4thE (4A)
  • Perfect 5thF (5P)
  • Major 6thG (6M)
  • Major 7thA (7M)

Fretboard

EBGDAE357912EFGAB♭CDECDEFGAB♭GAB♭CDEFGDEFGAB♭CDAB♭CDEFGAEFGAB♭CDE
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Modal character

B♭ Lydian is the 4th mode of F Major — the same seven notes started from its 4th degree.

1 2 3 ♯4 5 6 7

Characteristic note — sharp 4th (♯4 / ♯11). The raised 4th — heard as a ♯11 over a major chord — gives Lydian its bright, floating, film-score quality.

Lydian is the natural mode of the IV chord and lives over maj7, maj9, and maj7♯11 voicings. It is a staple of modern jazz and cinematic writing, where the ♯11 adds lift without the downward pull of the perfect 4th.

Chords that use this mode

3-Notes-Per-String positions

Seven movable patterns, each covering all 6 strings with 3 consecutive scale tones per string. Root notes are shown in red.

All 7 patterns
Pattern 1open · frets 0–5
EBGDAE35EFGAB♭CDEFGAB♭CDEFGA
Pattern 2frets 1–6
EBGDAE357FGAB♭CDEFGAB♭CDEFGAB♭
Pattern 3frets 3–8
EBGDAE3579GAB♭CDEFGAB♭CDEFGAB♭C
Pattern 4frets 5–10
EBGDAE579AB♭CDEFGAB♭CDEFGAB♭CD
Pattern 5frets 6–12
EBGDAE791213B♭CDEFGAB♭CDEFGAB♭CDE
Pattern 6frets 8–13
EBGDAE9121314CDEFGAB♭CDEFGAB♭CDEF
Pattern 7frets 10–15
EBGDAE1213141516DEFGAB♭CDEFGAB♭CDEFG

Quartal voicings

Stacked perfect 4ths across four adjacent strings, sorted nut to heel. Root notes are circled in red.

All voicings
EBGDAE3EADG
E root
EBGDAE3ADGC
A root
EBGDAE3DGCF
D root
EBGDAE35GCFB♭
G root
EBGDAE57DGCF
D root
EBGDAE35EADG
E root
EBGDAE57ADGC
A root
EBGDAE79EADG
E root
EBGDAE57GCFB♭
G root
EBGDAE1213DGCF
D root
EBGDAE1213GCFB♭
G root
EBGDAE79ADGC
A root

Diagrams

Bb Lydian Scale fretboard charts — tap any diagram to open it full size to save or print.

Bb Lydian Scale — notes Bb, C, D, E, F, G, A shown across the full guitar fretboard, frets 0 to 12.
Whole neck — frets 0–12
Bb Lydian Scale — seven 3-notes-per-string positions shown as fretboard neck slices.
Seven 3NPS positions
Bb Lydian Scale — quartal voicings shown as chord-box diagrams for all four roots.
Quartal voicings — 3 string sets, sorted nut to heel