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Welcome to guitarlessons.com. In this lesson I’m giving you a little bit of sample of what the Lydian mode sounds like on a guitar. That’s our 4th mode based on the 4th scale degree of a major scale. So let’s learn a quick shape real quick and then I’ll explain to you what notes you need to pull out in the scale to get this kind of sound.
So if you have a regular major scale, an A-major scale, the only real difference between an A-major scale and a Lydian scale for an A-Lydian scale, it’s going to be the 4th degree of the scale. We’re going to move it up one-half step so play the 1st three notes of an A-major scale instead of going to the next note right there, the 4th note. We’re going to raise that by one fret then the rest of the scale is the same.
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I always think the symptoms when I hear this because you have—so that might be something you want to associate with the Lydian scale to start understanding and remembering how the Lydian sound is coming out.
Another thing I think of when I hear the Lydian scale on the 1st four notes is the whole tone scale. So if you hear something like this, it sounds kind of ethereal, kind of moody and that’s one big characteristic of the Lydian scale that you find over and over.
So if you like the sound of the scale, make sure to emphasize that raised 4th, the 3rd and the 1st degree of the scales to get that sound and maybe go listen to some Joe Satrianni because he does this a lot in his playing and emphasizes the Lydian scale.
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