C Lydian Minor Guitar Scale

Guitar scale in Half Step Down tuning — fretboard diagram

C Lydian Minor in Half Step Down — Notes and Intervals

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

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: Half Step Down (Eb-Bb-Gb-Db-Ab-Eb)

Explore This Scale in Other Tunings

C Lydian Minor in Standard Tuning
C Lydian Minor in Drop D
C Lydian Minor in DADGAD
C Lydian Minor in Open G
C Lydian Minor in Baritone (B Standard)
C Lydian Minor in 7-string
C Lydian Minor in 8-string
C Lydian Minor in Drop C
C Lydian Minor in Drop B
C Lydian Minor in Open D
C Lydian Minor in Open E
C Lydian Minor in Open A
C Lydian Minor in Double Drop D
C Lydian Minor in Open C

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