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Fig. 1 · F# Lydian · first 12 frets

ukulele scale

F♯ Lydian

F♯1G♯2A♯3B♯♯4C♯5D♯6E♯7

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

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

on guitaron piano

Written out

Fig. 2 · F# 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

F♯WG♯WA♯WB♯HC♯WD♯WE♯HF♯

What is true of it

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

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

It costs 7 alterations to write — near the limit of what a key signature can carry.

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

Across the first twelve frets of the ukulele its notes fall in 29 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.

Chords made only of these notes

C♯majorC♯maj7major seventhD♯mminorD♯m7minor seventhF♯majorF♯maj7major seventhG♯majorG♯7dominant seventh

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

Other scales on F♯

F♯ DorianmodeF♯ PhrygianmodeF♯ MixolydianmodeF♯ majormajorF♯ natural minorminorF♯ harmonic minorminor

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