Scales
D Double Harmonic Lydian Scale
D · Eb · F# · G# · A · Bb · C#
D Double Harmonic Lydian is a scale built on D with the notes D · Eb · F# · G# · A · Bb · C#.
D Double Harmonic Lydian Scale
D · Eb · F# · G# · A · Bb · C#
Fingering on the piano
| Hand | Fingering | Notes | Play it on your instrument |
|---|---|---|---|
| Right hand | 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 | D · Eb · F# · G# · A · Bb · C# · D | |
| Left hand | 5 4 3 2 1 3 2 1 | D · Eb · F# · G# · A · Bb · C# · D |
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
D Double Harmonic Lydian is made of the notes D · Eb · F# · G# · A · Bb · C#. 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 D Double Harmonic Lydian gives the chords of the key; the roman numeral names the degree each is built on.
Triads
Seventh chords
IDmaj7D · F# · A · C#
IIEbmaj7sus4Eb · G# · Bb · D
iiiF#m6F# · A · C# · Eb
IV+F#M#5add9/G#G# · Bb · D · F#
VAmaj7b5A · C# · Eb · G#
VIBbmaj7b6Bb · D · F# · A
VIIEb7sus4/C#C# · Eb · G# · Bb
Related scales
The scales D 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
D Lydian PentatonicD · F# · G# · A · C#
Every note of this scale is in D Double Harmonic Lydian.
Scales that contain it
D Purvi RagaD · Eb · F# · G · G# · A · Bb · C#
Contains every note of D Double Harmonic Lydian.
D ChromaticD · Eb · E · F · F# · G · Ab · A · Bb · B · C · C#
Contains every note of D Double Harmonic Lydian.
Common questions
- How do I play D 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 D Double Harmonic Lydian?
- Stacking thirds on each degree of D Double Harmonic Lydian gives D (I), Ebsus4 (II), F#m (iii), Bb7no5/G# (IV), Amajb5 (V), Bbaug (VI+), C#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 D Double Harmonic Lydian?
- D Double Harmonic Lydian contains the notes D · Eb · F# · G# · A · Bb · C#, measured from the tonic D 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 D Double Harmonic Lydian?
- From D 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.