C Lydian
C Lydian scale for bass guitar presented by diagram.
The C Lydian displayed as fingerboard diagram for bass. The notes are marked in blue color, root notes are the darker ones.
C Lydian one octave

C Lydian full fretboard

C Lydian with note names

The scale displayed with its numeric formula and scale degrees.
Formula | Notes | Intervals | Degrees |
---|---|---|---|
1 | C | Unison | Tonic |
2 | D | Major second | Supertonic |
3 | E | Major third | Mediant |
#4 | F# | Augmented fourth | Subdominant |
5 | G | Perfect fifth | Dominant |
6 | A | Sixth | Submediant |
7 | B | Major seventh | Leading tone |
The C Lydian consists of seven notes. It can be described in steps as a formula which is written as whole, whole, whole, half, whole, whole, half from the first note to first note in the next octave.
C Lydian is the fourth mode of G Major scale, they contain the same notes, but starts on different notes. Lydian deviates with only one note, the 4th, compared to the Major.
C Lydian scale tablature for four-string bass.

The numbers above the tablature are suggested fingerings.