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Fig. 1 · D# Lydian dominant on the keyboard

piano scale

D♯ Lydian dominant

D♯1E♯2F𝄪3G𝄪♯4A♯5B♯6C♯♭7

Raised fourth and flattened seventh at once — the fourth mode of melodic minor.

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

on guitaron ukulele

Written out

Fig. 2 · D# Lydian dominant, 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♯HC♯WD♯

What is true of it

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

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

Written correctly it needs 9 alterations, F𝄪 and G𝄪 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♯ Lydian differs from it by exactly one note.

Chords made only of these notes

C♯augaugmentedD♯majorD♯7dominant seventhA♯mminor

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

Other scales on D♯

D♯ Phrygian dominantexoticD♯ alteredexoticD♯ double harmonicexoticD♯ majormajorD♯ natural minorminorD♯ harmonic minorminor

C lyd domC♯ lyd domD♭ lyd domD lyd domE lyd domF lyd domF♯ lyd domG♭ lyd domall 374