C Lydian Mode:
C D E F# G A B C
You notice that the notes on the guitar fretboard are colour co-ordinated. For me this is the best way that I have found to learn how to get to grips with the multiple duplicate notes.
For instance how many C notes can be found across the entire guitar fretboard?
Here’s the 7 diatonic triads for C Lydian Mode:
C, D, Em, F#dim, G, Am, Bm,
Here’s the 7th chords drawn from the C Lydian Mode:
CM7, D7, Em7, F#m7b5, GM7, Am7, Bm7,
Here’s the list of the 7 diatonic triads for C Lydian Mode:
(M M m d M m m).
Note: The above pattern is unique to the Lydian Mode.
Once you have learnt this guitar mode click on the lead guitar backing track link to practise.
The bigger picture is that you have
7 notes in a C lydian mode. You can build many chords from each note of the scale.
Let's put this into action. Let's take the C lydian mode & find C shape chords that can be used in composition:
Here's the notes:
C D E F# G A B C
These 7 notes can make a host of chords as follows.
Let's just take the C note as the root note and add notes to it.
Chords in C Lydian Mode that start with a C note
C, Cadd9, C5, C6, C6add9, Cmaj7, Cmaj7#11, Cmaj9, Csus2, CM13
8--0----------5---5-------7------7---------10----------------
5--3----------5---5-------5------7----------------3-------10-
5--0----------5---5-------5------5---------9------5-------9--
5--2------5---5---5-------5------5---------9------5-------9--
---3------3---3---5--------------7---------------------------
-------------------------------------------8--------------8--
All of these C shape chords use notes found in the C lydian mode that is a combination of C, D, E, F#, G, A, B,
This principle can be used starting from each of the 7 notes in the C lydian mode, so lets have a look at some of the chords from each note:
Chords in C Lydian Mode that start with a D note
D, Dadd9, D11, Dsus2, Dsus4, D5, D6, D6add9, D7, D7sus4,
10-12-----5----5------3----------7---10------8---8-----------
7--10-----5----5------3----------7---10------7---8-----------
7--11-----5----7------2----------7---9-------7---7-----------
7--12-----5----7-------------7---7---9-------7---7-----------
----------5----5-------------5-------9-----------------------
-------------------------------------10----------------------
D9, D9sus4, D11, D13,
5---5-------5----7-------------------------------------------
5---5-------5----5-------------------------------------------
5---5-------5----5-------------------------------------------
4---5-------5----4-------------------------------------------
5---5-------5----5-------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
Chords in C Lydian Mode that start with an E note
Em, Emadd9, Em7, Em7#5, Em9, Em11, Esus2, Esus4, E9sus4,
7---14------10---8------2----7-----7------5------7-----------
8---12------8----8------3----8-----7------5------7-----------
9---12------9----7------2----7-----9------2------7-----------
9---14------9-----------2----7-----9------2------7-----------
7----------------7-----------7------------2------7-----------
7------------------------------------------------7-----------
Chords in C Lydian Mode that start with an F# note
F#dim, F#m7b5,
2------------------------------------------------------------
1------10----------------------------------------------------
2------9-----------------------------------------------------
-------10----------------------------------------------------
-------9-----------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
Chords in C Lydian Mode that start with a G note
G, Gsus2, Gsus4, Gadd9, G5, G6, G6add9, GM7,
3--10-----3------5----------3---7----------------------------
3--10-----3------3----------5---8-------3--------------------
4--12-----5------4----------4---7-------4--------------------
5--12-----5------5--------------7-------4--------------------
6---------5-------------5---5---7----------------------------
3---------3-------------3---3-----------3--------------------
Gmaj9, Gmaj13, Gmaj7sus4,
5----5-------------------------------------------------------
-----5-------3-----------------------------------------------
4----4-------5-----------------------------------------------
4----4-------4-----------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
3----3-------3-----------------------------------------------
Chords in C Lydian Mode that start with an A note
Am, Am6, Amadd9 Am7, Am7add11, Am9, Am11, Am13, Amsus4,
5---5----7-------5----0---------7----8-----5----5------------
5---5----5-------5----1---------5----8-----7----5------------
5---5----5-------5----0---------5----7-----5----7------------
7---4----7-------5----0---------5----7-----5-----------------
7---------------------0--------------7-----7-----------------
5---5---------------------------5----------5-----------------
A9sus4, Asus2, Asus4, A5, A7sus4, A9sus4,
7-------5------5----------3-------5--------------------------
8-------5------5----------3-------6--------------------------
7-------4------7----------2-------5--------------------------
7--------------7----------2-------5--------------------------
7---------------------7-----------5--------------------------
----------------------5--------------------------------------
Chords in C Lydian Mode that start with a B note
Bm, Bm7, B5, B7sus4, Bsus4,
7---7--------7-------7---------------------------------------
7---7--------7-------7---------------------------------------
7---7--------9-------9---------------------------------------
9---7--------7-------9---------------------------------------
9---9----9---9-----------------------------------------------
7---7----7---7-----------------------------------------------
So there's a comprehensive list of chords that you can play when playing in the key of C lydian mode.
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