Scales
E Lydian Diminished Scale
E · F# · G · A# · B · C# · D#
E Lydian Diminished is a scale built on E with the notes E · F# · G · A# · B · C# · D#.
E Lydian Diminished Scale
E · F# · G · A# · B · C# · D#
Fingering on the piano
| Hand | Fingering | Notes | Play it on your instrument |
|---|---|---|---|
| Right hand | 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 | E · F# · G · A# · B · C# · D# · E | |
| Left hand | 5 4 3 2 1 3 2 1 | E · F# · G · A# · B · C# · D# · E |
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
E Lydian Diminished is made of the notes E · F# · G · A# · B · C# · D#. Each is a degree counted from the tonic, and the gaps between them are the step pattern W H W½ H W W H.
Read on: scale degrees · building any scale
Chords in this key
Stacking thirds on each degree of E Lydian Diminished gives the chords of the key; the roman numeral names the degree each is built on.
Related scales
The scales E Lydian Diminished 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
E Flat Three PentatonicE · F# · G · B · C#
Every note of this scale is in E Lydian Diminished.
Scales that contain it
E Messiaen's Mode #7E · F · F# · G · A · A# · B · C · C# · D#
Contains every note of E Lydian Diminished.
E ChromaticE · F · F# · G · G# · A · Bb · B · C · C# · D · D#
Contains every note of E Lydian Diminished.
Common questions
- How do I play E Lydian Diminished?
- 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 E Lydian Diminished?
- Stacking thirds on each degree of E Lydian Diminished gives Em (i), F# (II), Gaug (III+), A#dim (iv°), B (V), C#dim (vi°), D#m (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 E Lydian Diminished?
- E Lydian Diminished contains the notes E · F# · G · A# · B · C# · D#, measured from the tonic E 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 E Lydian Diminished?
- From E the steps run W H W½ H W W 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.