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

D Lydian full fretboard

D Lydian with note names

The scale displayed with its numeric formula, notes, intervals and scale degrees.
Formula | Notes | Intervals | Degrees |
---|---|---|---|
1 | D | Unison | Tonic |
2 | E | Major second | Supertonic |
3 | F# | Major third | Mediant |
#4 | G# | Augmented fourth | Subdominant |
5 | A | Perfect fifth | Dominant |
6 | B | Sixth | Submediant |
7 | C# | Major seventh | Leading tone |
The D 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.
D Lydian is the fourth mode of A Major scale, they contain the same notes, but starts on different notes. Lydian deviates with only one note, the 4th, compared to the Major.
D Lydian scale tablature for four-string bass.

The numbers above the tablature are suggested fingerings.