F Lydian Minor Guitar Scale
Guitar scale in Open E tuning — fretboard diagram
TuningOpen E (EBEG#BE)
Frets22
F Lydian Minor in Open E — Notes and Intervals
The F Lydian Minor scale is a unique scale that blends Lydian brightness with a layer of minor-key melancholy. On Guitar, the notes are F, G, A, B, C, Db, Eb. 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: F, G, A, B, C, Db, Eb
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 E (E-B-G#-E-B-E)
Explore This Scale in Other Tunings
- F Lydian Minor in Standard Tuning
- F Lydian Minor in Drop D
- F Lydian Minor in DADGAD
- F Lydian Minor in Open G
- F Lydian Minor in Baritone (B Standard)
- F Lydian Minor in 7-string
- F Lydian Minor in 8-string
- F Lydian Minor in Drop C
- F Lydian Minor in Drop B
- F Lydian Minor in Open D
- F Lydian Minor in Half Step Down
- F Lydian Minor in Open A
- F Lydian Minor in Double Drop D
- F Lydian Minor in Open C