1 – 2 – 3 – ♯4 – 5 – 6 – 7 — major with raised 4, twelve keys
Lydian is the 4th mode of major — the major scale with a
♯4. C lydian: C D E F♯ G A B C.
The raised 4th creates a brighter, more "floating" quality
than plain major; the tritone between root and ♯4 keeps the
scale from feeling fully resolved.
Used over maj7 chords when you want the modern jazz colour
rather than the vanilla major sound. Especially natural over
IV maj7 chords (where lydian is automatically the chord scale)
and over any maj7 that's a tonic in a non-functional context.
The Wayne Shorter / late Coltrane / mid-Hancock palette is
lydian-saturated.
Now 2 octaves, both hands — the same pattern extended up and back with fingering marked above every note in each hand.
Intervals
1 – 2 – 3 – ♯4 – 5 – 6 – 7. Major with raised 4.
Use
Over maj7, especially IVmaj7 or non-functional Imaj7.
01
C major
02
F major
03
B♭ major
04
E♭ major
05
A♭ major
06
D♭ major
07
G♭ major
08
B major
09
E major
10
A major
11
D major
12
G major
Major with one bright sharpened note. The mode that defines modern jazz maj7.