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Fig. 1 · C# Lydian · first 12 frets

ukulele scale

C♯ Lydian

C♯1D♯2E♯3F𝄪♯4G♯5A♯6B♯7

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

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

on guitaron piano

Written out

Fig. 2 · C# 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

C♯WD♯WE♯WF𝄪HG♯WA♯WB♯HC♯

What is true of it

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

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

Written correctly it needs 8 alterations, F𝄪 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, C♯ major differs from it by exactly one note.

Across the first twelve frets of the ukulele its notes fall in 30 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.

Chords made only of these notes

C♯majorC♯maj7major seventhD♯majorD♯7dominant seventhG♯majorG♯maj7major seventhA♯mminorA♯m7minor seventh

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

Other scales on C♯

C♯ DorianmodeC♯ PhrygianmodeC♯ MixolydianmodeC♯ majormajorC♯ natural minorminorC♯ harmonic minorminor

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