A# Lydian Minor Guitar Scale

A# Lydian Minor in Double Drop D — Notes and Intervals

The A# Lydian Minor scale is a unique scale that blends Lydian brightness with a layer of minor-key melancholy. On Guitar, the notes are A#, C, D, E, F, F#, G#. 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: A#, C, D, E, F, F#, G#

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: Double Drop D (D-B-G-D-A-D)

Explore This Scale in Other Tunings

• A# Lydian Minor in Standard Tuning
• A# Lydian Minor in Drop D
• A# Lydian Minor in DADGAD
• A# Lydian Minor in Open G
• A# Lydian Minor in Baritone (B Standard)
• A# Lydian Minor in 7-string
• A# Lydian Minor in 8-string
• A# Lydian Minor in Drop C
• A# Lydian Minor in Drop B
• A# Lydian Minor in Open D
• A# Lydian Minor in Half Step Down
• A# Lydian Minor in Open E
• A# Lydian Minor in Open A
• A# Lydian Minor in Open C

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