B Lydian Minor Guitar Scale

B Lydian Minor in Baritone (B Standard) — 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: Baritone (B Standard) (B-F#-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 7-string
• 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

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