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Lydian dominant on electric guitar (D)

Lydian dominant in D: D – E – F# – G# – A – B – C. On electric guitar, the slimmer neck invites legato — the same fingering runs with less effort, and the high positions stay comfortable. The box shown runs from fret 1 to 4; the lowest tonic sits on the 4th string, open, and the hand stays put in the region, with no position shift. Plugged into an amp, each chord sustains for as long as you hold it, and the tone — clean or driven — shapes the whole sound.

Climb it slowly and name each degree out loud before speeding up.

Scale diagramHorizontal fretboard with 6 strings, frets 0–4.123423#456b7123#4566b7123#4
Frets 1–4

Read the dots by degree: 1 is the tonic (highlighted); the rest follow the scale's formula.

One box of Lydian dominant on electric guitar is the start: the other 3 positions of this neck follow in the app. In Chord & Fret, you hear the scale in the instrument's own voice, synthesized string by string; flip between position boxes and three-notes-per-string; and turn on the built-in metronome at the same BPM. Start free. Unlock everything with Pro. 100% offline. See it in Chord & Fret →

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