Lydian augmented scale

{{Short description|Third mode of the melodic minor scale}}

{{Infobox musical scale

| name = Lydian augmented scale

| first_pitch = C

| second_pitch = D

| third_pitch = E

| fourth_pitch = tritone#Eleventh harmonic

| fifth_pitch = augmented fifth

| sixth_pitch = A

| seventh_pitch = B

| pitch_classes = 7

| modes = I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII

| Forte number = 7-34

| complement = 5-34

}}

In music, the Lydian augmented scale (Lydian {{music|#}}5 scale) is the third mode of the ascending melodic minor scale.

Starting on C, the notes would be as follows:

: {

\override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f

\relative c' {

\clef treble \time 7/4

c4^\markup { Lydian augmented scale on C } d e fis gis a b c

} }

Generically the whole and half steps are:

- W - W - W - W - H - W - H -

The scale may be thought of as a major scale with an augmented fourth and fifth, or as the relative to the melodic minor ascending scale (C Lydian augmented and A melodic minor ascending share the same notes).