B Lydian Minor Guitar Scale
Guitar scale in 7-string tuning — fretboard diagram
Tuning7-string (BEADGBE)
Frets24
B Lydian Minor in 7-string — Notes and Intervals
The B Lydian Minor scale is a unique scale that blends Lydian brightness with a layer of minor-key melancholy. On Guitar, the notes are B, C#, D#, F, F#, G, A. It provides a sophisticated, bittersweet color that is perfect for modern film scores and emotive jazz solos. Commonly used in Film Scores, Jazz, Progressive. Notable players include Danny Elfman, Brad Mehldau. Use over m7#11 chords. A specialized color for emotive jazz and cinematic passages that need emotional complexity.
Notes: B, C#, D#, F, F#, G, A
Intervals: 1P, 2M, 3M, 4A, 5P, 6m, 7m
Degrees: 1 2 3 #4 5 b6 b7
Formula: W-W-W-H-H-W-W
Number of notes: 7
Tuning: 7-string (E-B-G-D-A-E-B)
Explore This Scale in Other Tunings
- B Lydian Minor in Standard Tuning
- B Lydian Minor in Drop D
- B Lydian Minor in DADGAD
- B Lydian Minor in Open G
- B Lydian Minor in Baritone (B Standard)
- B Lydian Minor in 8-string
- B Lydian Minor in Drop C
- B Lydian Minor in Drop B
- B Lydian Minor in Open D
- B Lydian Minor in Half Step Down
- B Lydian Minor in Open E
- B Lydian Minor in Open A
- B Lydian Minor in Double Drop D
- B Lydian Minor in Open C