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

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

Notes: G A B C# D E F#

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

Basic Chords

Scale shapes

CAGED - C Shape

e|--7---9--10-|
B|--7---9--10-|
G|--7---9-----|
D|--6---7---9-|
A|--7---8--10-|
E|--7---9--10-|

CAGED - A Shape

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

CAGED - G Shape

d|-14--16--17-|
B|-14--16-----|
G|-11--12--14-|
D|-11--12--14-|
G|-12--14--15-|
D|-14--16--17-|

CAGED - E Shape

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

CAGED - D Shape

d|--7---9-----|
B|--6---7---9-|
G|--4---5---7-|
D|--4---6---7-|
G|--5---7---8-|
D|--7---9-----|

3NPS - First Position

d|--5---7---9-|
B|--6---7---9-|
G|--4---5---7-|
D|--4---6---7-|
G|--5---7---8-|
D|--7---9--11-|

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	G	G B D	`x 0 0 0 0 0`
I	G	G B D	`x 0 0 0 0 x`
I	G	G B D	`x 0 0 0 x x`
I	G	G B D	`x x x 0 0 0`
II	A	A C# E	`x 2 2 2 2 2`
II	A	A C# E	`x 2 2 2 2 x`
II	A	A C# E	`x 2 2 2 x x`
II	A	A C# E	`x x x 2 2 2`
III	Bm	B D F#	`x 4 4 4 3 4`
III	Bm	B D F#	`x 4 4 4 3 x`
III	Bm	B D F#	`x 4 4 4 x x`
III	Bm	B D F#	`9 7 9 7 7 9`
IV	C#dim	C# E G	`x x 11 9 8 11`
V	D	D F# A	`0 2 0 2 3 0`
V	D	D F# A	`0 2 0 2 3 4`
V	D	D F# A	`x 7 7 7 7 7`
V	D	D F# A	`x 7 7 7 7 x`
VI	Em	E G B	`2 0 2 0 0 2`
VI	Em	E G B	`2 0 2 4 0 2`
VI	Em	E G B	`2 4 2 4 5 2`
VI	Em	E G B	`2 0 2 0 0 5`
VII	F#m	F# A C#	`4 2 4 2 2 4`
VII	F#m	F# A C#	`4 6 4 6 7 4`
VII	F#m	F# A C#	`x 11 11 11 10 11`
VII	F#m	F# A C#	`x 11 11 11 10 x`

Arpeggios

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

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

d|----------------------------7---9---5---------------------------|11--------------11--14--11------------------11--------------11--|
B|--------------------3---7---------------7---3-------------------|8-------8---12--------------10--8-----------8-------8---12------|
G|4-----------2---4-------------------------------4---------------|9---9-------------------------------9-------9---9---------------|
D|0-------4-------------------------------------------5---4-------|11--------------------------------------11--11------------------|
G|4---7-------------------------------------------------------7---|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|16--------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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

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

Walks

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

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

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------8-------10------12--10------8-------------------|
G|--------------------------------2-------------------------------|--------9-----------------------------------------------9-------|
D|----------------4-------5-----------5-------4-------------------|11--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|4-------7-----------------------------------------------7-------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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

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

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`x 4 4 4 3 4`
I	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`x 4 4 4 3 x`
I	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`9 7 9 7 7 9`
I	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`9 11 0 11 0 0`
II	A7	A C# E G	`x x 11 9 8 11`
III	Bm7	B D F# A	`0 2 0 2 3 4`
III	Bm7	B D F# A	`7 7 7 7 7 7`
III	Bm7	B D F# A	`x 7 7 7 7 7`
III	Bm7	B D F# A	`x 7 7 7 7 x`
IV	C#m7b5	C# E G B	`2 0 2 0 0 2`
IV	C#m7b5	C# E G B	`2 0 2 4 0 2`
IV	C#m7b5	C# E G B	`2 0 2 0 0 5`
IV	C#m7b5	C# E G B	`x 9 9 9 8 9`
V	Dmaj7	D F# A C#	`4 2 4 2 2 4`
V	Dmaj7	D F# A C#	`x 11 11 11 10 11`
V	Dmaj7	D F# A C#	`x 11 11 11 10 x`
VI	Em7	E G B D	`0 0 0 0 0 0`
VI	Em7	E G B D	`x 0 0 0 0 0`
VI	Em7	E G B D	`x 0 0 0 0 x`
VI	Em7	E G B D	`x x x 0 0 0`
VII	F#m7	F# A C# E	`2 2 2 2 2 2`
VII	F#m7	F# A C# E	`x 2 2 2 2 2`
VII	F#m7	F# A C# E	`x 2 2 2 2 x`
VII	F#m7	F# A C# E	`x x x 2 2 2`

Arpeggios

Chords: Gmaj7 – A7 – Bm7 – C#m7b5 – Dmaj7 – Em7 – F#m7

d|----------------------------7---9---5---------------------------|11--------------11--14--11------------------11--------------11--|
B|--------------------3---7---------------7---3-------------------|8-------8---12--------------10--8-----------8-------8---12------|
G|4-----------2---4-------------------------------4---------------|9---9-------------------------------9-------9---9---------------|
D|0-------4-------------------------------------------5---4-------|11--------------------------------------11--11------------------|
G|4---7-------------------------------------------------------7---|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|16--------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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

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

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

Walks

Chords: Gmaj7 – A7 – Bm7 – C#m7b5 – Dmaj7 – Em7 – F#m7

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------8-------10------12--10------8-------------------|
G|--------------------------------2-------------------------------|--------9-----------------------------------------------9-------|
D|----------------4-------5-----------5-------4-------------------|11--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|4-------7-----------------------------------------------7-------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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

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

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

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`x 0 0 2 0 4`
I	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`x 0 0 2 3 4`
I	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`5 0 0 2 0 4`
I	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`5 0 0 2 3 4`
III	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`x 4 0 2 2 0`
III	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`x 4 0 2 2 4`
III	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`x 4 4 2 2 0`
III	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`x 4 0 2 2 x`
IV	C#m7b5b9	C# E G B D	`x 6 0 0 0 0`
IV	C#m7b5b9	C# E G B D	`x 6 0 0 0 5`
IV	C#m7b5b9	C# E G B D	`x 6 0 4 0 5`
IV	C#m7b5b9	C# E G B D	`x 6 0 4 3 5`
V	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`0 2 0 2 2 2`
V	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`0 2 2 2 2 0`
V	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`0 2 2 2 2 2`
V	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`0 2 2 2 2 x`
VI	Em9	E G B D F#	`2 0 0 0 0 4`
VI	Em9	E G B D F#	`2 0 0 0 3 4`
VI	Em9	E G B D F#	`2 0 0 4 0 4`
VI	Em9	E G B D F#	`2 0 0 4 3 4`
VII	F#m7b9	F# A C# E G	`4 0 2 0 2 2`
VII	F#m7b9	F# A C# E G	`4 0 2 0 2 4`
VII	F#m7b9	F# A C# E G	`4 0 2 2 2 2`
VII	F#m7b9	F# A C# E G	`4 0 2 2 2 4`

Arpeggios

Chords: Gmaj9 – Bm9 – C#m7b5b9 – Dmaj9 – Em9 – F#m7b9

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

d|----------------------------9---11------------------------------|------------------------------------5---------------------------|
B|------------------------8-----------10--8-----------------------|----------------------------3---5-------5---2-------------------|
G|6---------------6---9-----------------------9---6---------------|--------------------0---4-----------------------4---0-----------|
D|5-------5---9---------------------------------------7---5-------|2-----------0---2---------------------------------------2-------|
G|9---9-------------------------------------------------------9---|0-------4---------------------------------------------------6---|
D|11--------------------------------------------------------------|2---5-----------------------------------------------------------|

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

Walks

Chords: Gmaj9 – Bm9 – C#m7b5b9 – Dmaj9 – Em9 – F#m7b9

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------2-------------------------------|
D|----------------0-------2-------4---2-------0-------------------|----------------4-------5-----------5-------4-------------------|
G|--------4-----------------------------------------------4-------|4-------7-----------------------------------------------7-------|
D|5---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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

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

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