Scales
A Double Harmonic Lydian Scale
A · Bb · C# · D# · E · F · G#
A Double Harmonic Lydian is a scale built on A with the notes A · Bb · C# · D# · E · F · G#.
A Double Harmonic Lydian Scale
A · Bb · C# · D# · E · F · G#
Fingering on the piano
| Hand | Fingering | Notes | Play it on your instrument |
|---|---|---|---|
| Right hand | 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 | A · Bb · C# · D# · E · F · G# · A | |
| Left hand | 5 4 3 2 1 3 2 1 | A · Bb · C# · D# · E · F · G# · A |
One octave ascending; 1 is the thumb. A standard fingering, not the only one.
Tap a key or a fret to hear it.
Scale degrees
A Double Harmonic Lydian is made of the notes A · Bb · C# · D# · E · F · G#. Each is a degree counted from the tonic, and the gaps between them are the step pattern H W½ W H H W½ H.
Read on: scale degrees · building any scale
Chords in this key
Stacking thirds on each degree of A Double Harmonic Lydian gives the chords of the key; the roman numeral names the degree each is built on.
Triads
Seventh chords
IAmaj7A · C# · E · G#
IIBbmaj7sus4Bb · D# · F · A
iiiC#m6C# · E · G# · Bb
IV+C#M#5add9/D#D# · F · A · C#
VEmaj7b5E · G# · Bb · D#
VIFmaj7b6F · A · C# · E
VIID#sus24/G#G# · Bb · D# · F
Related scales
The scales A Double Harmonic Lydian shares its notes with: the one it is a rotation of, the relative and parallel keys, the scales inside it and the ones that contain it.
Scales inside it
A Lydian PentatonicA · C# · D# · E · G#
Every note of this scale is in A Double Harmonic Lydian.
Scales that contain it
A Purvi RagaA · Bb · C# · D · D# · E · F · G#
Contains every note of A Double Harmonic Lydian.
A ChromaticA · Bb · B · C · C# · D · Eb · E · F · F# · G · G#
Contains every note of A Double Harmonic Lydian.
Common questions
- How do I play A Double Harmonic Lydian?
- On guitar start with the 1st position, played from the lowest string upward; the instrument panel on this page shows its frets and the positions further up the neck. On the piano the right hand ascends 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4, with 1 as the thumb. Every position plays when you press it.
- What chords are in the key of A Double Harmonic Lydian?
- Stacking thirds on each degree of A Double Harmonic Lydian gives A (I), Bbsus4 (II), C#m (iii), F7no5/D# (IV), Emajb5 (V), Faug (VI+), G#sus2 (VII). These are the diatonic chords of the key, the ones a song in this key uses most; the harmony band on this page lists them with the seventh chords built the same way.
- What notes are in A Double Harmonic Lydian?
- A Double Harmonic Lydian contains the notes A · Bb · C# · D# · E · F · G#, measured from the tonic A as the intervals 1P, 2m, 3M, 4A, 5P, 6m, 7M. Play them in order for the scale: every note on this page sounds when you tap it, and the step pattern under the degrees shows the distance from each note to the next.
- What is the formula of A Double Harmonic Lydian?
- From A the steps run H W½ W H H W½ H, where a whole step is two frets or two keys and a half step one. Apply the same pattern from any other note and you get the same scale on that root, which is why every root of this scale has a page here.