D Lydian Guitar Scale, Chords & Progressions (Open G Tuning)

The D Lydian scale on guitar: scale shapes, chords and progressions, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: D E F# G# A B C#

Tuning: Open G Guitar (D G D G B D)

Basic Chords

Scale shapes

CAGED - C Shape

e|--2---4---5-|
B|--2---4---5-|
G|--2---4-----|
D|--1---2---4-|
A|--2---3---5-|
E|--2---4---5-|

CAGED - A Shape

d|--7---9-----|
B|--6---7---9-|
G|--4---6---7-|
D|--4---6---7-|
G|--5---7-----|
D|--6---7---9-|

CAGED - G Shape

d|--9--11--12-|
B|--9--11-----|
G|--6---7---9-|
D|--6---7---9-|
G|--7---9--10-|
D|--9--11--12-|

CAGED - E Shape

d|-12--14-----|
B|-11--13--14-|
G|--9--11--12-|
D|--9--11-----|
G|--9--10--12-|
D|-11--12--14-|

CAGED - D Shape

d|-14--16-----|
B|-13--14--16-|
G|-11--12--14-|
D|-11--13--14-|
G|-12--14--15-|
D|-14--16-----|

3NPS - First Position

d|-12--14--16-|
B|-13--14--16-|
G|-11--12--14-|
D|-11--13--14-|
G|-12--14--15-|
D|-14--16--18-|

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	D	D F# A	`0 2 0 2 3 0`
I	D	D F# A	`0 2 0 2 3 4`
I	D	D F# A	`x 7 7 7 7 7`
I	D	D F# A	`x 7 7 7 7 x`
II	E	E G# B	`2 4 2 4 5 2`
II	E	E G# B	`x 9 9 9 9 9`
II	E	E G# B	`x 9 9 9 9 x`
II	E	E G# B	`x 9 9 9 x x`
III	F#m	F# A C#	`4 2 4 2 2 4`
III	F#m	F# A C#	`4 6 4 6 7 4`
III	F#m	F# A C#	`x 11 11 11 10 11`
III	F#m	F# A C#	`x 11 11 11 10 x`
IV	G#dim	G# B D	`x x 6 4 3 6`
V	A	A C# E	`x 2 2 2 2 2`
V	A	A C# E	`x 2 2 2 2 x`
V	A	A C# E	`x 2 2 2 x x`
V	A	A C# E	`x x x 2 2 2`
VI	Bm	B D F#	`x 4 4 4 3 4`
VI	Bm	B D F#	`x 4 4 4 3 x`
VI	Bm	B D F#	`x 4 4 4 x x`
VI	Bm	B D F#	`9 7 9 7 7 9`
VII	C#m	C# E G#	`x 6 6 6 5 6`
VII	C#m	C# E G#	`x 6 6 6 5 x`
VII	C#m	C# E G#	`x 6 6 6 x x`
VII	C#m	C# E G#	`11 9 11 9 9 11`

Arpeggios

Chords: D – E – F#m – G#dim – A – Bm – C#m

d|------------------------------------6---------------------------|------------------------------------7---------------------------|
B|----------------------------3---5-------5---2-------------------|----------------------------5---7-------7---3-------------------|
G|--------------------1---4-----------------------4---1-----------|--------------------2---6-----------------------6---2-----------|
D|2-----------0---2---------------------------------------2-------|4-----------2---4---------------------------------------4-------|
G|1-------4---------------------------------------------------6---|2-------6---------------------------------------------------7---|
D|2---6-----------------------------------------------------------|4---7-----------------------------------------------------------|

d|------------------------------------7---------------------------|6---------------6---9---6-------------------6---------------6---|
B|----------------------------5---7-------7---3-------------------|3-------3---7---------------5---3-----------3-------3---7-------|
G|--------------------2---6-----------------------6---2-----------|4---4-------------------------------4-------4---4---------------|
D|4-----------2---4---------------------------------------4-------|6---------------------------------------6---6-------------------|
G|2-------6---------------------------------------------------7---|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|4---7-----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------6---7-------------------------------|----------------------------7---9---6---------------------------|
B|------------------------5-----------7---5-----------------------|--------------------3---7---------------7---3-------------------|
G|2---------------2---6-----------------------6---2---------------|4-----------2---4-------------------------------4---------------|
D|2-------2---6---------------------------------------4---2-------|0-------4-------------------------------------------6---4-------|
G|6---6-------------------------------------------------------6---|4---7-------------------------------------------------------7---|
D|7---------------------------------------------------------------|16--------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------9---11--7---------------------------|
B|2-------------------5---9---------------9---5-------------------|
G|1-----------4---6-------------------------------6---------------|
D|2-------6-------------------------------------------7---6-------|
G|6---9-------------------------------------------------------9---|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Walks

Chords: D – E – F#m – G#dim – A – Bm – C#m

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------0-------------------------------|--------------------------------2-------------------------------|
G|----------------4-------6-----------6-------4-------------------|----------------6-------7-----------7-------6-------------------|
D|2-------6-----------------------------------------------6-------|4-------7-----------------------------------------------7-------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------3-------5-------7---5-------3-------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|--------4-----------------------------------------------4-------|
D|--------------------------------2-------------------------------|6---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------6-------7-----------7-------6-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|4-------7-----------------------------------------------7-------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------2-------------------------------|
D|----------------2-------4-------6---4-------2-------------------|----------------4-------6-----------6-------4-------------------|
G|--------6-----------------------------------------------6-------|4-------7-----------------------------------------------7-------|
D|7---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------4-------------------------------|
D|----------------6-------7-----------7-------6-------------------|
G|6-------9-----------------------------------------------9-------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Dmaj7	D F# A C#	`4 2 4 2 2 4`
I	Dmaj7	D F# A C#	`x 11 11 11 10 11`
I	Dmaj7	D F# A C#	`x 11 11 11 10 x`
II	E7	E G# B D	`x x 6 4 3 6`
III	F#m7	F# A C# E	`2 2 2 2 2 2`
III	F#m7	F# A C# E	`x 2 2 2 2 2`
III	F#m7	F# A C# E	`x 2 2 2 2 x`
III	F#m7	F# A C# E	`x x x 2 2 2`
IV	G#m7b5	G# B D F#	`x 4 4 4 3 4`
IV	G#m7b5	G# B D F#	`x 4 4 4 3 x`
IV	G#m7b5	G# B D F#	`9 7 9 7 7 9`
IV	G#m7b5	G# B D F#	`9 11 0 11 0 0`
V	Amaj7	A C# E G#	`x 6 6 6 5 6`
V	Amaj7	A C# E G#	`x 6 6 6 5 x`
V	Amaj7	A C# E G#	`11 9 11 9 9 11`
VI	Bm7	B D F# A	`0 2 0 2 3 4`
VI	Bm7	B D F# A	`7 7 7 7 7 7`
VI	Bm7	B D F# A	`x 7 7 7 7 7`
VI	Bm7	B D F# A	`x 7 7 7 7 x`
VII	C#m7	C# E G# B	`9 9 9 9 9 9`
VII	C#m7	C# E G# B	`x 9 9 9 9 9`
VII	C#m7	C# E G# B	`x 9 9 9 9 x`
VII	C#m7	C# E G# B	`x x x 9 9 9`

Arpeggios

Chords: Dmaj7 – E7 – F#m7 – G#m7b5 – Amaj7 – Bm7 – C#m7

d|------------------------------------7---------------------------|6---------------6---9---6-------------------6---------------6---|
B|----------------------------5---7-------7---3-------------------|3-------3---7---------------5---3-----------3-------3---7-------|
G|--------------------2---6-----------------------6---2-----------|4---4-------------------------------4-------4---4---------------|
D|4-----------2---4---------------------------------------4-------|6---------------------------------------6---6-------------------|
G|2-------6---------------------------------------------------7---|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|4---7-----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d|------------------------------------7---------------------------|----------------------------7---9---6---------------------------|
B|----------------------------5---7-------7---3-------------------|--------------------3---7---------------7---3-------------------|
G|--------------------2---6-----------------------6---2-----------|4-----------2---4-------------------------------4---------------|
D|4-----------2---4---------------------------------------4-------|0-------4-------------------------------------------6---4-------|
G|2-------6---------------------------------------------------7---|4---7-------------------------------------------------------7---|
D|4---7-----------------------------------------------------------|16--------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------9---11--7---------------------------|------------------------------------6---------------------------|
B|2-------------------5---9---------------9---5-------------------|----------------------------3---5-------5---2-------------------|
G|1-----------4---6-------------------------------6---------------|--------------------1---4-----------------------4---1-----------|
D|2-------6-------------------------------------------7---6-------|2-----------0---2---------------------------------------2-------|
G|6---9-------------------------------------------------------9---|1-------4---------------------------------------------------6---|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|2---6-----------------------------------------------------------|

d|------------------------------------14--------------------------|
B|----------------------------12--14------14--10------------------|
G|6-------------------9---13----------------------13--9-----------|
D|6-----------9---11--------------------------------------11------|
G|9-------13--------------------------------------------------14--|
D|11--14----------------------------------------------------------|

Walks

Chords: Dmaj7 – E7 – F#m7 – G#m7b5 – Amaj7 – Bm7 – C#m7

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------3-------5-------7---5-------3-------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|--------4-----------------------------------------------4-------|
D|--------------------------------2-------------------------------|6---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------6-------7-----------7-------6-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|4-------7-----------------------------------------------7-------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------2-------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------2-------------------------------|----------------4-------6-----------6-------4-------------------|
G|----------------6-------7-----------7-------6-------------------|4-------7-----------------------------------------------7-------|
D|4-------7-----------------------------------------------7-------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------4-------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------6-------7-----------7-------6-------------------|--------------------------------0-------------------------------|
G|6-------9-----------------------------------------------9-------|----------------4-------6-----------6-------4-------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|2-------6-----------------------------------------------6-------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------9-------------------------------|
G|----------------13------14----------14------13------------------|
D|11------14----------------------------------------------14------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`0 2 0 2 2 2`
I	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`0 2 2 2 2 0`
I	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`0 2 2 2 2 2`
I	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`0 2 2 2 2 x`
II	E9	E G# B D F#	`2 1 0 1 0 4`
II	E9	E G# B D F#	`2 1 0 1 3 4`
II	E9	E G# B D F#	`2 1 0 4 0 4`
II	E9	E G# B D F#	`2 1 0 4 3 4`
IV	G#m7b5b9	G# B D F# A	`x 1 0 2 0 4`
IV	G#m7b5b9	G# B D F# A	`x 1 0 2 3 4`
IV	G#m7b5b9	G# B D F# A	`x 1 4 2 0 0`
IV	G#m7b5b9	G# B D F# A	`x 1 4 2 0 4`
VI	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`x 4 0 2 2 0`
VI	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`x 4 0 2 2 4`
VI	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`x 4 4 2 2 0`
VI	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`x 4 0 2 2 x`
VII	C#m7b9	C# E G# B D	`x 6 0 4 0 6`
VII	C#m7b9	C# E G# B D	`x 6 0 4 3 6`
VII	C#m7b9	C# E G# B D	`x 6 0 4 5 0`
VII	C#m7b9	C# E G# B D	`x 6 0 4 5 6`

Arpeggios

Chords: Dmaj9 – E9 – G#m7b5b9 – Bm9 – C#m7b9

d|------------------------------------6---------------------------|------------------------------------6---------------------------|
B|----------------------------3---5-------5---2-------------------|----------------------------3---5-------5---2-------------------|
G|--------------------1---4-----------------------4---1-----------|--------------------1---4-----------------------4---1-----------|
D|2-----------0---2---------------------------------------2-------|2-----------0---2---------------------------------------2-------|
G|1-------4---------------------------------------------------6---|1-------4---------------------------------------------------6---|
D|2---6-----------------------------------------------------------|2---6-----------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------4---6-------------------------------|----------------------------7---9---6---------------------------|
B|------------------------3-----------5---3-----------------------|--------------------3---7---------------7---3-------------------|
G|1---------------1---4-----------------------4---1---------------|4-----------2---4-------------------------------4---------------|
D|0-------0---4---------------------------------------2---0-------|0-------4-------------------------------------------6---4-------|
G|4---4-------------------------------------------------------4---|4---7-------------------------------------------------------7---|
D|6---------------------------------------------------------------|16--------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------9---11--7---------------------------|
B|2-------------------5---9---------------9---5-------------------|
G|1-----------4---6-------------------------------6---------------|
D|2-------6-------------------------------------------7---6-------|
G|6---9-------------------------------------------------------9---|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Walks

Chords: Dmaj9 – E9 – G#m7b5b9 – Bm9 – C#m7b9

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------0-------------------------------|--------------------------------0-------------------------------|
G|----------------4-------6-----------6-------4-------------------|----------------4-------6-----------6-------4-------------------|
D|2-------6-----------------------------------------------6-------|2-------6-----------------------------------------------6-------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------2-------------------------------|
D|----------------0-------2-------4---2-------0-------------------|----------------4-------6-----------6-------4-------------------|
G|--------4-----------------------------------------------4-------|4-------7-----------------------------------------------7-------|
D|6---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------4-------------------------------|
D|----------------6-------7-----------7-------6-------------------|
G|6-------9-----------------------------------------------9-------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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