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lydian mode
The Solution below shows the lydian mode notes on the piano, treble clef and
bass clef.

The Lesson steps then explain how to identify the mode note interval positions,
choose note names and scale degree names.

For a quick summary of this topic, have a look at Mode.

Mode keys

Key C C# Db D D# Eb E E# Fb [F] F# Gb G G# Ab A A# Bb B B# Cb

Solution - 2 parts
Solution: [1] 2 Lesson steps: 1 2 3 4 5 Home Top ^

1. lydian mode
This step shows the ascending lydian mode on the piano, treble clef and bass clef. It also
shows the scale degree chart for all 8 notes.
The lydian mode has no sharp or flat notes.

lydian mode note names

Note no. Note interval Note name

1 tonic The 1st note of the lydian mode is F

2 F-maj-2nd The 2nd note of the lydian mode is G

3 F-maj-3rd The 3rd note of the lydian mode is A

4 F-aug-4th The 4th note of the lydian mode is B

5 F-perf-5th The 5th note of the lydian mode is C

6 F-maj-6th The 6th note of the lydian mode is D

7 F-maj-7th The 7th note of the lydian mode is E

8 F-perf-8th The 8th note of the lydian mode is F

Middle C (midi note 60) is shown with an orange line under the 2nd note on the
piano diagram.

These note names are shown below on the treble clef followed by the bass clef.
 lydian mode degrees
Note no. Degree name

1 F is the tonic of the lydian mode

2 G is the supertonic of the lydian mode

3 A is the mediant of the lydian mode

4 B is the subdominant of the lydian mode

5 C is the dominant of the lydian mode

6 D is the submediant of the lydian mode

7 E is the leading tone of the lydian mode

8 F is the octave of the lydian mode

Audio downloads

Bass Clef: Midi MP3 Treble Clef: Midi MP3

Solution: 1 [2] Lesson steps: 1 2 3 4 5 Home Top ^

2. lydian mode descending
This step shows the descending lydian mode on the piano, treble clef and bass clef.
lydian mode descending

No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Note E D C B A G F

Audio downloads

Bass Clef: Midi MP3 Treble Clef: Midi MP3

Lesson steps
Solution: 1 2 Lesson steps: [1] 2 3 4 5 Home Top ^

1. Piano key note names

This step shows the white and black note names on a piano keyboard so that the note names
are familiar for later steps, and to show that the note names start repeating themselves after
12 notes.

The white keys are named using the alphabetic letters A, B, C, D, E, F, and G,
which is a pattern that repeats up the piano keyboard.

Every white or black key could have a flat(b) or sharp(#) accidental name,
depending on how that note is used. In a later step, if sharp or flat notes are
used, the exact accidental names will be chosen.

The audio files below play every note shown on the piano above, so middle C (marked
with an orange line at the bottom) is the 2nd note heard.

Audio downloads

Bass Clef: Midi MP3 Treble Clef: Midi MP3

Solution: 1 2 Lesson steps: 1 [2] 3 4 5 Home Top ^

2. lydian mode tonic note and one octave of notes

This step shows an octave of notes in the lydian mode to identify the start and end notes of
the mode.

The numbered notes are those that might be used when building this mode.

The lydian mode always starts on note F(when not transposed to another key).

Since this mode begins with note F, it is certain that notes 1 and 13 will be used
in this mode.

Note 1 is the tonic note - the starting note - F, and note 13 is the same note
name but one octave higher.

lydian mode chromatic scale-1 octave

No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Note F F# / Gb G G# / Ab A A# / Bb B C C# / Db D D# / Eb E F

Audio downloads

Bass Clef: Midi MP3 Treble Clef: Midi MP3

Solution: 1 2 Lesson steps: 1 2 [3] 4 5 Home Top ^

3. lydian mode note interval positions

This step applies the lydian mode note positions to so that the correct piano keys and note
pitches can be identified.

In their simplest / untransposed form, modes do not contain any sharp or flat
notes.

This can be seen by looking at the Mode table showing all mode names with only
white / natural notes used.

The lydian mode uses the W-W-W-H-W-W-H note counting rule to identify the
note positions of 7 natural white notes starting from note F.

To count up a Whole tone, count up by two physical piano keys, either white or
black.

To count up a Half-tone (semitone), count up from the last note up

by onephysical piano key, either white or black.

The tonic note (shown as *) is the starting point and is always the 1st note in
the mode.
Again, the final 8th note is the octave note, having the same name as the tonic note.
lydian mode

No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Note F G A B C D E F

All notes in this mode are natural whites (ie. no sharps or flats), which mean that this
mode has not been transposed into a different key.

Audio downloads

Bass Clef: Midi MP3 Treble Clef: Midi MP3

Solution: 1 2 Lesson steps: 1 2 3 [4] 5 Home Top ^

4. lydian mode descending

This step shows the notes when descending the lydian mode, going from the highest note
sound back to the starting note.
For all modes, the notes names when descending are just the reverse of the
ascending names.

So assuming octave note 8 has been played in the step above, the notes now
descend back to the tonic.

lydian mode descending

No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Note E D C B A G F

Audio downloads

Bass Clef: Midi MP3 Treble Clef: Midi MP3

Solution: 1 2 Lesson steps: 1 2 3 4 [5] Home Top ^

5. lydian mode degrees

This step shows the F scale degrees - Tonic, supertonic, mediant, subdominant, dominant,
submediant, etc.
Each of the notes in this mode has a degree name, which describes the
relationship of that note to the tonic(1st) note.

Scale degree names 1,2,3,4,5,6, and 8 below are always the same for all modes
(ie. 1st note is always tonic, 2nd is supertonic etc.) , but obviously the note
names will be different for each mode / key combination.

In this mode, the 7th note is called the leading note or leading tone because
the sound of the 7th note feels like it wants to resolve and finish at the octave
note, when all mode notes are played in sequence.

It does this because in this mode, the 7th note is only 1 semitone / half-tone
away from the 8th note - the octave note. The lydian mode shares the same
property - it only has one semitone / half-tone between the 7th and 8th notes.

In contrast, all other modes, including for example the phrygian mode, have a
whole tone (two semitones, two notes on the piano keyboard) between the 7th
and 8th notes, and the 7th note does not lean towards the 8th note in the same
way. For these other modes, the 7th note is called the subtonic.
 lydian mode degrees

Note no. Degree name

1 F is the tonic of the lydian mode

2 G is the supertonic of the lydian mode

3 A is the mediant of the lydian mode

4 B is the subdominant of the lydian mode

5 C is the dominant of the lydian mode

6 D is the submediant of the lydian mode

7 E is the leading tone of the lydian mode

8 F is the octave of the lydian mode

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Mode keys

Key C C# Db D D# Eb E E# Fb [F] F# Gb G G# Ab A A# Bb B B# Cb

Music theory links in the key of F

Related links lydian mode, F, F major scale, F relative minor

Minor scales F natural minor scale, F harmonic minor scale, F melodic minor scale

More scales F chromatic scale, F major pentatonic scale, F minor pentatonic scale, F blues scale

Intervals F-1st, F-2nd, F-3rd, F-4th, F-5th, F-6th, F-7th, F-8th

Circle of 5ths Learn the circle of fifths, F major on circle of 5ths

Modes F ionian, F dorian, F phrygian, lydian, F mixolydian, F aeolian, F locrian

Triad chords F diminished, F minor, F major, F augmented, F suspended 2nd, F suspended 4th

6th chords F minor 6th, F major 6th

F dim 7, F half-dim7, F min 7, F min-maj 7, F dom 7, F maj 7, F aug 7, F aug-maj 7, F maj 7

7th chords
sus2, F dom 7 sus4, F maj 7 sus4

Scale triad
chords
F major triad chords, F minor triad chords, F harmonic minor chords, F melodic minor chords

Scale 7th F major 7th chords, F minor 7th chords, F harmonic minor 7th chords, F melodic minor 7th
chords chords

Triad modes F ionian, F dorian, F phrygian, lydian, F mixolydian, F aeolian, F locrian

7th modes F ionian, F dorian, F phrygian, lydian, F mixolydian, F aeolian, F locrian

F major perfect authentic, F major imperfect authentic, F major plagal, F major half, F major
Cadences
deceptive
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