Lydian

Mode or Chord Type

C D E F♯ G A B C

Voice-Leading Relationships

Compatible

Major Triad

Rootless Major Seventh

Lydian Major (no 3/7)

Major Seventh no 3

Major Seventh no 5

Major Seventh

Major Ninth ♯11 no 5

Lydian Major

Lydian Major (no 7)

Lydian Major Seventh no 3

Rootless Lydian Major Seventh

Lydian Major Seventh

Major Ninth ♯11 no 3

Lydian Major Sixth

Major Ninth ♯11 no 5th

Major Ninth ♯11

Transpositions

C Lydian

D♭ Lydian

D Lydian

E♭ Lydian

E Lydian

F Lydian

F♯ Lydian

G Lydian

A♭ Lydian

A Lydian

B♭ Lydian

B Lydian

Voice leading distance: 1

Ionian (Major)

Lydian Augmented

Lydian Dom. (Acoustic)

Lydian ♯2

Lydian Minor

Voice leading distance: 2

Major Pentatonic