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Fig. 1 · Bb Lydian on the keyboard

piano scale

B♭ Lydian

B♭1C2D3E♯4F5G6A7

Major with a raised fourth. The fourth mode of the major scale.

The same sounds spelled from the other side are A♯ Lydian.

on guitaron ukulele

Written out

Fig. 2 · Bb Lydian, ascending

Every accidental is written in, rather than left to a key signature, so the letters can be read one at a time.

The step pattern

B♭WCWDWEHFWGWAHB♭

What is true of it

B♭ Lydian is B♭, C, D, E, F, G and A, and back to B♭.

Its steps are W – W – W – H – W – W – H, where W is a whole step and H a half.

On the same tonic, B♭ major differs from it by exactly one note.

Chords made only of these notes

CmajorC7dominant seventhDmminorDm7minor seventhEdimdiminishedEm7♭5half-diminished seventhFmajorFmaj7major seventh

Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 7 sounds, not chosen.

Other scales on B♭

B♭ DorianmodeB♭ PhrygianmodeB♭ MixolydianmodeB♭ majormajorB♭ natural minorminorB♭ harmonic minorminor

C lydC♯ lydD♭ lydD lydD♯ lydE♭ lydE lydF lydall 374