C Lydian Dominant Pentatonic Guitar Scale
Guitar scale in Drop D tuning — fretboard diagram
TuningDrop D (DADGBE)
Frets22
C Lydian Dominant Pentatonic in Drop D — Notes and Intervals
The C Lydian Dominant Pentatonic scale is a streamlined five-note scale built directly around the structure of a dominant seventh chord. On Guitar, its notes are C, E, F#, G, Bb. It is a highly efficient tool for jazz and bebop players who need to navigate rapid harmonic changes with rhythmic precision and clarity. Commonly used in Jazz, Bebop, Fusion. Notable players include Wes Montgomery, Pat Martino. Use over 7#11, 9#11 chords. Efficient for fast bebop lines over non-resolving dominant chords.
Notes: C, E, F#, G, Bb
Intervals: 1P, 3M, 4A, 5P, 7m
Degrees: 1 2 #3 4 b5
Formula: 4-W-H-WH-W
Number of notes: 5
Tuning: Drop D (E-B-G-D-A-D)
Explore This Scale in Other Tunings
- C Lydian Dominant Pentatonic in Standard Tuning
- C Lydian Dominant Pentatonic in DADGAD
- C Lydian Dominant Pentatonic in Open G
- C Lydian Dominant Pentatonic in Baritone (B Standard)
- C Lydian Dominant Pentatonic in 7-string
- C Lydian Dominant Pentatonic in 8-string
- C Lydian Dominant Pentatonic in Drop C
- C Lydian Dominant Pentatonic in Drop B
- C Lydian Dominant Pentatonic in Open D
- C Lydian Dominant Pentatonic in Half Step Down
- C Lydian Dominant Pentatonic in Open E
- C Lydian Dominant Pentatonic in Open A
- C Lydian Dominant Pentatonic in Double Drop D
- C Lydian Dominant Pentatonic in Open C