Lydian Dominant (lesson)
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The Lydian Dominant is mode IV of the Melodic minor scale. It is so named because it looks like a regular Lydian mode scale with a flattened 7th (flattened 7th makes a scale or chord Dominant). | The Lydian Dominant is mode IV of the Melodic minor scale. It is so named because it looks like a regular Lydian mode scale with a flattened 7th (flattened 7th makes a scale or chord Dominant). | ||
| - | Another Jazz scale, and according to our own Ben Howell, its main use is over an unresolving dominant chord i.e. a vamp or similar. | + | Another Jazz scale, and according to our own Ben Howell, its main use is over an unresolving dominant chord i.e. a vamp or similar.<br> |
'''Number of tones :''' 7<br><br> | '''Number of tones :''' 7<br><br> | ||
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[[Image:Lydian dominant1.jpg]] | [[Image:Lydian dominant1.jpg]] | ||
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| + | [https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_forum/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=817 Lydian Dominant.mp3] | ||
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The Lydian Dominant is mode IV of the Melodic minor scale. It is so named because it looks like a regular Lydian mode scale with a flattened 7th (flattened 7th makes a scale or chord Dominant).
Another Jazz scale, and according to our own Ben Howell, its main use is over an unresolving dominant chord i.e. a vamp or similar.
Number of tones : 7
Intervals : 2,2,2,1,2,1,2
Formula : 1,2,3,#4,5,6,b7
Characteristic Chords : 7,7b5
