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The astuteguitaristmay noticethat G Lydianusesthe

patternsof D major/Bminor (as well as those of E
Dorian shown on page 36), simply with displaced
roots.However,it is best to learn each mode as a
"superimposed"
scale in its own right, with its
pentatonicand properanchorchords.This will also
The Lydian mode is a major scale with a raised "on
allowfor quickand easyparallelmodalitychanges
(augmented)fourth step, which gives it an odd, the fly" duringa guitarsolo-using a relativepattern
mysteriousquality.The notes,tones, and intervallic willnot.
structureare shownbelow,basedon G.
G Lydian
Patt.5 (omitB, str.3) Patt.4 Patt. I Patt.3
T+4#tMee
I

B C * D E F # G

o i 3 5 7 9 t2 15 L7 19 2l
Tones: I 2 3 f i * s 6 7 1
\--l \*/ \/ \.-/..-*"/ \r/ Patt.1 Pan.3 Patt.5 Patt.2
lntervals: W W W H W W H
k t:

* G Lydian, patterns 1 - 5 t2 l5 t'l l9 2l

i,
F
"positional"
H
n The Lydian mode has f ive different ..t
E
patternson the neck.Thesecontainand correspond to i.i
; OtherTonalities .*r I
the major pentatonicboxes (page 18). Below,the Hereis the C Lydianmode with its anchor
associated
pentatonicboxesare shown in solid dots with added chords.Shiftintootherkeysas well.
tones il4 and 7 shown in grey dots. Takentogether,
theyformthe full diatonicLydianmode. C Lydian
Patt.3 (omitB, str. 3) Patt.5 Patt.2 Patt.4 Patt.1

*g; v
A

A
A A

att.I A

ox 2) 3 5 7 9 12 15 17 19 2l

Patt.4 Patt. 1 Patt.3 Patt.s

F,,
t#

k A

att.2 A

rox3) l5

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Three notes per strlng
Fi-
E{
A
v Youshouldalreadyknowthe diatonicthree-note-per-
an.3 stringpatternsand sequence(pages28 and 32), so
rox 4)
all you reallyneed here is the correctstartingpoint.
"pattern4" becomes
tc
f,,
11
The shapeshownon page32 as
pattern1 for Lydian.Shiftit to the sixthstringroot.In
this case,to play E Lydian,we'llstartwiththis pattern
att.4
rox5) A on openE and continuefromthere.
r
E Lydlan

att.5
rox1) A

Patt.2 A

l5
Fingering:Pattern1 is in secondposition.Pattern2 is
in fourthposition(fifthfor strings1 and 2). Pattern3 is
in seventhposition(stretchback a fret for string 3). A

Pattern 4 is in ninth position. Pattern 5 is in twelfth

t2 l5 17
position(eleventhfor strings3 and 4).
continuewith page 32 patterns7, 1, 2, and 3 as
4, 5, 6, and 7 (downeightfrets,or up four)...
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