C Lydian Minor Guitar Scale
Guitar scale in Open C tuning — fretboard diagram
TuningOpen C (CGCGCE)
Frets22
C Lydian Minor in Open C — 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: Open C (E-C-G-C-G-C)
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 Half Step Down
- C Lydian Minor in Open E
- C Lydian Minor in Open A
- C Lydian Minor in Double Drop D