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Fig. 1 · D# Lydian on the keyboard

piano scale

D♯ Lydian

D♯1E♯2F𝄪3G𝄪♯4A♯5B♯6C𝄪7

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

The same sounds spelled from the other side are E♭ Lydian.

on guitaron ukulele

Written out

Fig. 2 · D# 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

D♯WE♯WF𝄪WG𝄪HA♯WB♯WC𝄪HD♯

What is true of it

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

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

Written correctly it needs 10 alterations, F𝄪, G𝄪 and C𝄪 among them. That is what the letters force, and it is also why nobody writes music in this key: the same notes spelled from the other side are easier to read.

On the same tonic, D♯ major differs from it by exactly one note.

Chords made only of these notes

D♯majorD♯maj7major seventhA♯majorA♯maj7major seventh

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

Other scales on D♯

D♯ DorianmodeD♯ PhrygianmodeD♯ MixolydianmodeD♯ majormajorD♯ natural minorminorD♯ harmonic minorminor

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