The Lydian mode is one of my favorites. It brings a mysterious kind of feel to a major 7th chord and is often used to "open up" a musical piece.

Five Lydian mode licks!

Let's explore the famous lydian mode.

Blues strategies over a lydian backing.

The Lydian mode is a great way to open up your leads over a Major chord. Let's explore the possibilities of that scale.

Here we are with a track from my album "For A Brother". Allan Holdsworth influences.

Lydian mode is almost the same thing as major scale/ionian mode. The only difference is sharp 4th in Lydian mode. This lesson is riffing only, using downstrokes only most of the time to get that powerful metal like sound.

This is an experiment using Lydian b7 scale. I composed a song to play rhythm and solos with this rare scale.

In this lesson David Wallimann presents a piece in the style of Joe Satriani. The track is constructed on the Lydian scale and goes through E Lydian, G Lydian and A Lydian. Joe is known for his flawless legato technique.