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D♭ Lydian dominant scale on guitar

D♭ Lydian dominant has 7 notes: D♭, E♭, F, G, A♭, B♭, C♭. Mode 4 of melodic minor; also called the acoustic or overtone scale.

D♭ Lydian dominant: notes, degrees and the semitones to the next note
NoteD♭E♭FGA♭B♭C♭
Degree123♯456♭7
Step2221212

D♭ Lydian dominant on the whole neck

Every D♭ Lydian dominant note from the open strings to fret 15, in standard E tuning (E A D G B E), by name; by degree under "Show more".

D♭ Lydian dominant scale, note names, frets 0 to 15F2G2Ab2Bb2Cb3Db3Eb3F3G3Bb2Cb3Db3Eb3F3G3Ab3Bb3Cb4Eb3F3G3Ab3Bb3Cb4Db4Eb4F4G3Ab3Bb3Cb4Db4Eb4F4G4Ab4Bb4Cb4Db4Eb4F4G4Ab4Bb4Cb5Db5F4G4Ab4Bb4Cb5Db5Eb5F5G56E25A24D33G32B31E40123456789101112131415
  • D♭ Lydian dominant
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D♭ Lydian dominant scale, degrees, frets 0 to 153#456b7123#46b7123#456b723#456b7123#456b7123#456b7123#456b713#456b7123#46E25A24D33G32B31E40123456789101112131415
  • D♭ Lydian dominant
Degrees

D♭ Lydian dominant in 5 positions

The neck split into the hand positions Practice Lab practices, one for each place a D♭ falls on a string, with the notes its scale run fingers there.

D♭ Lydian dominant, position 1, frets 2 to 6#456b7123#456b7123#4566E25A24D33G32B31E423456
    Position 1: frets 2–6, 17 notes
    D♭ Lydian dominant, position 2, frets 4 to 856b7123#456b7123#456b76E25A24D33G32B31E445678
      Position 2: frets 4–8, 17 notes
      D♭ Lydian dominant, position 3, frets 6 to 106b7123#456b7123#456b716E25A24D33G32B31E4678910
        Position 3: frets 6–10, 17 notes
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        D♭ Lydian dominant, position 4, frets 9 to 13123#456b7123#456b71236E25A24D33G32B31E4910111213
          Position 4: frets 9–13, 17 notes
          D♭ Lydian dominant, position 5, frets 11 to 1523#456b7123#456b7123#46E25A24D33G32B31E41112131415
            Position 5: frets 11–15, 17 notes

            Triads in D♭ Lydian dominant

            DegreeChordPages
            1D♭D♭ major arpeggio
            2E♭E♭ major arpeggio
            3FdimF diminished arpeggio
            ♯4GdimG diminished arpeggio
            5A♭mG♯ minor arpeggio
            6B♭mB♭ minor arpeggio
            ♭7C♭augB augmented arpeggio

            Seventh chords in D♭ Lydian dominant

            DegreeChordPages
            1D♭7D♭7 arpeggio · D♭7 drop 2 · D♭7 drop 3 · D♭7 drop 2 and 4
            2E♭7E♭7 arpeggio · E♭7 drop 2 · E♭7 drop 3 · E♭7 drop 2 and 4
            3Fm7♭5Fm7♭5 arpeggio · Fm7♭5 drop 2 · Fm7♭5 drop 3 · Fm7♭5 drop 2 and 4
            ♯4Gm7♭5Gm7♭5 arpeggio · Gm7♭5 drop 2 · Gm7♭5 drop 3 · Gm7♭5 drop 2 and 4
            5A♭m(maj7)A♭m(maj7) arpeggio
            6B♭m7B♭m7 arpeggio · B♭m7 drop 2 · B♭m7 drop 3 · B♭m7 drop 2 and 4
            ♭7C♭–

            Same notes, other names

            These scales use exactly the notes of D♭ Lydian dominant, starting from another root.

            Lydian dominant in every key

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