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title="Heptatonic scale">seven-tone</a> <a href="/wiki/Musical_scale" class="mw-redirect" title="Musical scale">musical scale</a> formed from a rising pattern of <a href="/wiki/Pitch_(music)" title="Pitch (music)">pitches</a> comprising three <a href="/wiki/Major_second" title="Major second">whole tones</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Semitone" title="Semitone">semitone</a>, two more whole tones, and a final semitone. </p> <dl><dd><div class="mw-ext-score noresize" data-midi="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/l/x/lxe6folcfslcqksnxtqfyqoiiwb31pg/lxe6folc.midi"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/l/x/lxe6folcfslcqksnxtqfyqoiiwb31pg/lxe6folc.png" width="241" height="61" alt=" {
\key c \lydian
\override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f
\relative c' { 
 \clef treble \time 7/4
 c4^\markup { Modern C Lydian scale } d e fis g a b c2
} }
" /><div style="margin-top: 3px;"><audio controls=""><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/l/x/lxe6folcfslcqksnxtqfyqoiiwb31pg/lxe6folc.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" /><div>Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can <a href="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/l/x/lxe6folcfslcqksnxtqfyqoiiwb31pg/lxe6folc.mp3">download the audio file</a>.</div></audio></div></div></dd></dl> <p>Because of the importance of the <a href="/wiki/Major_scale" title="Major scale">major scale</a> in modern music, the Lydian mode is often described as the scale that begins on the fourth <a href="/wiki/Degree_(music)" title="Degree (music)">scale degree</a> of the major scale, or alternatively, as the major scale with the fourth scale degree raised half a step. This sequence of pitches roughly describes the scale underlying the fifth of the eight <a href="/wiki/Gregorian_mode" title="Gregorian mode">Gregorian (church) modes</a>, known as Mode V or the authentic <a href="/wiki/Mode_(music)" title="Mode (music)">mode</a> on F, theoretically using B<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-natural">♮</span></span> but in practice more commonly featuring B<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPowers2001_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPowers2001-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The use of the B<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> as opposed to B<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-natural">♮</span></span> would have made such piece in the modern-day F <a href="/wiki/Major_scale" title="Major scale">major scale</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ancient_Greek_Lydian">Ancient Greek Lydian <span class="anchor" id="Ancient_Greek_anchor"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lydian_mode&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Ancient Greek Lydian"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The name Lydian refers to the ancient kingdom of <a href="/wiki/Lydia" title="Lydia">Lydia</a> in <a href="/wiki/Anatolia" title="Anatolia">Anatolia</a>. In Greek music theory, there was a Lydian scale or "<a href="/wiki/Octave_species" title="Octave species">octave species</a>" extending from <i>parhypate hypaton</i> to <i>trite diezeugmenon</i>, equivalent in the <a href="/wiki/Diatonic_genus" class="mw-redirect" title="Diatonic genus">diatonic genus</a> to the modern <a href="/wiki/Ionian_mode" title="Ionian mode">Ionian mode</a> (the <a href="/wiki/Major_scale" title="Major scale">major scale</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBarbera1984233,_240_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBarbera1984233,_240-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dd><div class="mw-ext-score noresize" data-midi="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/r/a/rapsyx2s2nu8gpx7gtvljce775i4h38/rapsyx2s.midi"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/r/a/rapsyx2s2nu8gpx7gtvljce775i4h38/rapsyx2s.png" width="372" height="61" alt=" {
\key e \major
\override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f
\relative c' { 
 \clef treble \time 7/4
 e4^\markup { Greek Lydian tonos (diatonic genus) on E } fis gis a b cis dis e2
} }
" /><div style="margin-top: 3px;"><audio controls=""><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/r/a/rapsyx2s2nu8gpx7gtvljce775i4h38/rapsyx2s.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" /><div>Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can <a href="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/r/a/rapsyx2s2nu8gpx7gtvljce775i4h38/rapsyx2s.mp3">download the audio file</a>.</div></audio></div></div></dd></dl> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Chromatic_genus" class="mw-redirect" title="Chromatic genus">chromatic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Enharmonic_genus" class="mw-redirect" title="Enharmonic genus">enharmonic genera</a>, the Lydian scale was equivalent to C D<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> E F G<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> A B C, and C C<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="mw-default-size skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arabic_music_notation_half_sharp.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="half sharp"><img alt="half sharp" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Arabic_music_notation_half_sharp.svg/6px-Arabic_music_notation_half_sharp.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Arabic_music_notation_half_sharp.svg/9px-Arabic_music_notation_half_sharp.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Arabic_music_notation_half_sharp.svg/12px-Arabic_music_notation_half_sharp.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="106" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></span> E<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="mw-default-size skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arabic_music_notation_half_sharp.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="half sharp"><img alt="half sharp" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Arabic_music_notation_half_sharp.svg/6px-Arabic_music_notation_half_sharp.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Arabic_music_notation_half_sharp.svg/9px-Arabic_music_notation_half_sharp.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Arabic_music_notation_half_sharp.svg/12px-Arabic_music_notation_half_sharp.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="106" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></span> F F<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="mw-default-size skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arabic_music_notation_half_sharp.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="half sharp"><img alt="half sharp" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Arabic_music_notation_half_sharp.svg/6px-Arabic_music_notation_half_sharp.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Arabic_music_notation_half_sharp.svg/9px-Arabic_music_notation_half_sharp.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Arabic_music_notation_half_sharp.svg/12px-Arabic_music_notation_half_sharp.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="106" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></span> A<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="mw-default-size skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arabic_music_notation_half_sharp.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="half sharp"><img alt="half sharp" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Arabic_music_notation_half_sharp.svg/6px-Arabic_music_notation_half_sharp.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Arabic_music_notation_half_sharp.svg/9px-Arabic_music_notation_half_sharp.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Arabic_music_notation_half_sharp.svg/12px-Arabic_music_notation_half_sharp.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="106" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></span> B<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="mw-default-size skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arabic_music_notation_half_sharp.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="half sharp"><img alt="half sharp" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Arabic_music_notation_half_sharp.svg/6px-Arabic_music_notation_half_sharp.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Arabic_music_notation_half_sharp.svg/9px-Arabic_music_notation_half_sharp.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Arabic_music_notation_half_sharp.svg/12px-Arabic_music_notation_half_sharp.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="106" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></span> C, respectively,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBarker1984–19892:15_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBarker1984–19892:15-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where <span class="nowrap">"<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="mw-default-size skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arabic_music_notation_half_sharp.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="half sharp"><img alt="half sharp" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Arabic_music_notation_half_sharp.svg/6px-Arabic_music_notation_half_sharp.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Arabic_music_notation_half_sharp.svg/9px-Arabic_music_notation_half_sharp.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Arabic_music_notation_half_sharp.svg/12px-Arabic_music_notation_half_sharp.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="106" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></span>"</span> signifies raising the pitch by approximately a <a href="/wiki/Quarter_tone" title="Quarter tone">quarter tone</a>. </p> <dl><dd><div class="mw-ext-score noresize" data-midi="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/c/u/cu3xdw62bn35uwy48bgynbs26mrerw4/cu3xdw62.midi"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/c/u/cu3xdw62bn35uwy48bgynbs26mrerw4/cu3xdw62.png" width="385" height="62" alt=" {
\key e \major
\override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f
\relative c' { 
 \clef treble \time 7/4
 e4^\markup { Greek Lydian tonos (chromatic genus) on E } f gis a bes cis dis e2
} }
" /><div style="margin-top: 3px;"><audio controls=""><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/c/u/cu3xdw62bn35uwy48bgynbs26mrerw4/cu3xdw62.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" /><div>Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can <a href="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/c/u/cu3xdw62bn35uwy48bgynbs26mrerw4/cu3xdw62.mp3">download the audio file</a>.</div></audio></div></div></dd></dl> <dl><dd><div class="mw-ext-score noresize" data-midi="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/3/a/3af5cw23yrjdzoz5d63c2w516788dpf/3af5cw23.midi"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/3/a/3af5cw23yrjdzoz5d63c2w516788dpf/3af5cw23.png" width="399" height="62" alt=" {
\key e \major
\override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f
\relative c' { 
 \clef treble \time 7/4
 e4^\markup { Greek Lydian tonos (enharmonic genus) on E } feh gisih a aih cisih disih e2
} }
" /><div style="margin-top: 3px;"><audio controls=""><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/3/a/3af5cw23yrjdzoz5d63c2w516788dpf/3af5cw23.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" /><div>Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can <a href="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/3/a/3af5cw23yrjdzoz5d63c2w516788dpf/3af5cw23.mp3">download the audio file</a>.</div></audio></div></div></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Medieval_Lydian_mode">Medieval Lydian mode</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lydian_mode&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Medieval Lydian mode"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the Middle Ages and Renaissance, this mode was described in two ways. The first way is the diatonic <a href="/wiki/Octave_species" title="Octave species">octave species</a> from F up to F an octave above, divided at C to produce two segments: </p> <dl><dd><div class="mw-ext-score noresize" data-midi="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/e/e/eejyhpql6wvq1ikhd59aqp1yjc4wrlp/eejyhpql.midi"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/e/e/eejyhpql6wvq1ikhd59aqp1yjc4wrlp/eejyhpql.png" width="238" height="61" alt=" {
\override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f
\relative c' { 
 \clef treble \time 5/4
 f4^\markup { Medieval Lydian mode on F } g a b c
 \time 4/4
 \parenthesize c d e f
} }
" /><div style="margin-top: 3px;"><audio controls=""><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/e/e/eejyhpql6wvq1ikhd59aqp1yjc4wrlp/eejyhpql.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" /><div>Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can <a href="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/e/e/eejyhpql6wvq1ikhd59aqp1yjc4wrlp/eejyhpql.mp3">download the audio file</a>.</div></audio></div></div></dd></dl> <p>The second is as a mode with a final on F and an <a href="/wiki/Ambitus_(music)" title="Ambitus (music)">ambitus</a> extending to F an octave higher and in which the note C was regarded as having an important melodic function. Many theorists of the period observed that B<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> is used more typically than B<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-natural">♮</span></span> in compositions in Lydian mode.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPowers2001_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPowers2001-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Modern_Lydian_mode">Modern Lydian mode</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lydian_mode&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Modern Lydian mode"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Lydian scale can be described as a <a href="/wiki/Major_scale" title="Major scale">major scale</a> with the fourth <a href="/wiki/Scale_degree" class="mw-redirect" title="Scale degree">scale degree</a> raised a semitone, making it an <a href="/wiki/Augmented_fourth" class="mw-redirect" title="Augmented fourth">augmented fourth</a> above the tonic; e.g., an <a href="/wiki/F_major" title="F major">F-major</a> scale with a <a href="/wiki/B_(musical_note)" title="B (musical note)">B<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-natural">♮</span></span></a> rather than <a href="/wiki/B%E2%99%AD_(musical_note)" title="B♭ (musical note)">B<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span></a>. That is, the Lydian mode has the following formula: </p> <dl><dd>1, 2, 3, <span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-sharp">♯</span></span>4, 5, 6, 7, 8</dd></dl> <p>This mode's augmented fourth and the <a href="/wiki/Locrian_mode" title="Locrian mode">Locrian mode</a>'s diminished fifth are the only modes to have a <a href="/wiki/Tritone" title="Tritone">tritone</a> above the tonic. </p> <dl><dd><div class="mw-ext-score noresize" data-midi="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/k/f/kf280k6gizrjtpui5l45n4wmrr6w5hx/kf280k6g.midi"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/k/f/kf280k6gizrjtpui5l45n4wmrr6w5hx/kf280k6g.png" width="226" height="61" alt=" {
\override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f
\relative c' { 
 \clef treble \time 7/4
 f4^\markup { Modern F Lydian scale } g a b c d e f2
} }
" /><div style="margin-top: 3px;"><audio controls=""><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/k/f/kf280k6gizrjtpui5l45n4wmrr6w5hx/kf280k6g.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" /><div>Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can <a href="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/k/f/kf280k6gizrjtpui5l45n4wmrr6w5hx/kf280k6g.mp3">download the audio file</a>.</div></audio></div></div></dd></dl> <p>In Lydian mode, the <a href="/wiki/Tonic_(music)" title="Tonic (music)">tonic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dominant_(music)" title="Dominant (music)">dominant</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Supertonic" title="Supertonic">supertonic</a> triads are all <a href="/wiki/Major_chord" title="Major chord">major</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Subdominant" title="Subdominant">subdominant</a> is <a href="/wiki/Diminished_triad" title="Diminished triad">diminished</a>. The triads built on the remaining three scale degrees are <a href="/wiki/Minor_chord" title="Minor chord">minor</a>. </p><p>Alternatively, it can be written as the pattern </p> <dl><dd>whole, whole, whole, half, whole, whole, half or (W-W-W-H-W-W-H)</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_compositions_in_the_Lydian_mode">Notable compositions in the Lydian mode</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lydian_mode&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notable compositions in the Lydian mode"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Classical_(Ancient_Greek)"><span id="Classical_.28Ancient_Greek.29"></span>Classical (Ancient Greek)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lydian_mode&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Classical (Ancient Greek)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i>Paean and Prosodion to the God</i>, familiarly known as the <a href="/wiki/Delphic_Hymns#Second_Delphic_Hymn" title="Delphic Hymns">Second Delphic Hymn</a>, composed in 128 BC by <a href="/wiki/Athenaeus_(musician)" title="Athenaeus (musician)">Athénaios Athenaíou</a> is predominantly in the Lydian <i>tonos</i>, both diatonic and chromatic, with sections also in <a href="/wiki/Hypolydian_mode" title="Hypolydian mode">Hypolydian</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPöhlmann_and_West200185_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPöhlmann_and_West200185-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Medieval">Medieval</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lydian_mode&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Medieval"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 12th-century "Hymn to St. Magnus" from the <a href="/wiki/Orkney_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Orkney Islands">Orkney Islands</a>, referencing <a href="/wiki/Magnus_Erlendsson,_Earl_of_Orkney" title="Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney">Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney</a>, is in <a href="/wiki/Gregorian_mode" title="Gregorian mode">Gregorian mode</a> or church mode V (F white notes),<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> extending from the E below to the octave above, with B<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-natural">♮</span></span>'s throughout, in two-part harmony of mostly parallel thirds. The Sanctus, Agnus Dei, and Ite, missa est of <a href="/wiki/Guillaume_de_Machaut" title="Guillaume de Machaut">Guillaume de Machaut</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Messe_de_Nostre_Dame" title="Messe de Nostre Dame">Messe de Nostre Dame</a></i> feature extensive use of F<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-natural">♮</span></span> and B<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-natural">♮</span></span>, as well as F<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-sharp">♯</span></span> and B<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (January 2018)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Romantic">Romantic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lydian_mode&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Romantic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A rare, extended use of the Lydian mode in the Classical repertoire is <a href="/wiki/Simon_Sechter" title="Simon Sechter">Simon Sechter</a>'s 1822 <i>Messe in der lydischen Tonart</i> (Mass in the Lydian Mode).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECarver200576_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECarver200576-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A more famous example from around the same time is the third movement of <a href="/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven" title="Ludwig van Beethoven">Ludwig van Beethoven</a>'s <a href="/wiki/String_Quartet_No._15_(Beethoven)" title="String Quartet No. 15 (Beethoven)">String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132</a> (1825), titled by the composer "Heiliger Dankgesang eines Genesenen an die Gottheit, in der lydischen Tonart" ("Holy Song of Thanksgiving by a Convalescent to the Divinity, in the Lydian Mode").<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The alternating passages in F use the Lydian scale with sharp fourth scale degree exclusively. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Charles-Valentin_Alkan" title="Charles-Valentin Alkan">Charles-Valentin Alkan</a>'s <i>Allegro barbaro</i> (Étude Op. 35, No. 5, published in 1848) is written strictly in F Lydian, with no B<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span>'s present at all.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmith2000[[Category:Wikipedia_articles_needing_page_number_citations_from_August_2012]]<sup_class="noprint_Inline-Template_"_style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i>[[Wikipedia:Citing_sources|<span_title="This_citation_requires_a_reference_to_the_specific_page_or_range_of_pages_in_which_the_material_appears.&#32;(August_2012)">page&nbsp;needed</span>]]</i>&#93;</sup>_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESmith2000[[Category:Wikipedia_articles_needing_page_number_citations_from_August_2012]]<sup_class="noprint_Inline-Template_"_style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i>[[Wikipedia:Citing_sources|<span_title="This_citation_requires_a_reference_to_the_specific_page_or_range_of_pages_in_which_the_material_appears.&#32;(August_2012)">page&nbsp;needed</span>]]</i>&#93;</sup>-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Anton_Bruckner" title="Anton Bruckner">Anton Bruckner</a> employed the sharpened fourth of the Lydian scale in his motet <i><a href="/wiki/Os_justi_(Bruckner)" title="Os justi (Bruckner)">Os justi</a></i> (1879) more strictly than Renaissance composers ever did when writing in this mode.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECarver200574–75_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECarver200574–75-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gabriel Faure's song Lydia from "2 Melodies" Op 4 ?1872. This ode to Lydia - by Parnassian poet Leconte de Lisle - starts, appropriately, in the Lydian mode and, in F, has a raised 4th (B natural) in the first line of the melody. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modern">Modern</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lydian_mode&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Modern"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 20th century, composers began once again to exploit modal scales with some frequency. <a href="/wiki/George_Enescu" title="George Enescu">George Enescu</a>, for example, includes Lydian-mode passages in the second and third movements of his 1906 <a href="/wiki/Decet_(Enescu)" title="Decet (Enescu)">Decet for Winds</a>, Op. 14.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHoffman_and_Rațiu1971319_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHoffman_and_Rațiu1971319-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An example from the middle of the century is the scherzo movement of <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Ch%C3%A1vez" title="Carlos Chávez">Carlos Chávez</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Symphony_No._3_(Ch%C3%A1vez)" title="Symphony No. 3 (Chávez)">Symphony No. 3</a> (1951–54). The movement opens with a <a href="/wiki/Fugue" title="Fugue">fugue</a> subject, featuring extremely wide leaps, in C Lydian with following entries in F and G Lydian.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOrbón198790–91_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOrbón198790–91-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Alexei_Stanchinsky" title="Alexei Stanchinsky">Alexei Stanchinsky</a> wrote a Prelude in Lydian mode earlier in the 20th century.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStanchinsky1908_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStanchinsky1908-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jazz">Jazz</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lydian_mode&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Jazz"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <i><a href="/wiki/Lydian_Chromatic_Concept_of_Tonal_Organization" title="Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization">Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/George_Russell_(composer)" title="George Russell (composer)">George Russell</a> developed a theory that became highly influential in the jazz world, inspiring the works of people such as <a href="/wiki/Miles_Davis" title="Miles Davis">Miles Davis</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Coltrane" title="John Coltrane">John Coltrane</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ornette_Coleman" title="Ornette Coleman">Ornette Coleman</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Woody_Shaw" title="Woody Shaw">Woody Shaw</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAnon.n.d._12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAnon.n.d.-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Popular">Popular</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lydian_mode&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Popular"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>In practical terms it should be said that few rock songs that use modes such as the phrygian, Lydian, or locrian actually maintain a harmony rigorously fixed on them. What usually happens is that the scale is harmonized in [chords with perfect] fifths and the riffs are then played [over] those [chords].<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <ul><li>"Billy Goat Hill" (1961) by <a href="/wiki/The_Kingston_Trio" title="The Kingston Trio">The Kingston Trio</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Pretty_Ballerina" title="Pretty Ballerina">Pretty Ballerina</a>" (1966) by The Left Banke</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Blue_Jay_Way" title="Blue Jay Way">Blue Jay Way</a>" (1967) by <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a><sup id="cite_ref-Everett_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Everett-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>"Peregrine" (1968) by <a href="/wiki/Donovan" title="Donovan">Donovan</a><sup id="cite_ref-Everett_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Everett-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Ending part of "<a href="/wiki/The_Trader_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Trader (song)">The Trader</a>" (1973) by <a href="/wiki/The_Beach_Boys" title="The Beach Boys">the Beach Boys</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dancing_Days" title="Dancing Days">Dancing Days</a>" (1973) by <a href="/wiki/Led_Zeppelin" title="Led Zeppelin">Led Zeppelin</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Terrapin_Part_1" title="Terrapin Part 1">Terrapin Station</a>" (1977) by <a href="/wiki/Grateful_Dead" title="Grateful Dead">The Grateful Dead</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Mihalis" title="Mihalis">Mihalis</a>" (1978) by <a href="/wiki/David_Gilmour" title="David Gilmour">David Gilmour</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sara_(Fleetwood_Mac_song)" title="Sara (Fleetwood Mac song)">Sara</a>" (1979) by <a href="/wiki/Fleetwood_Mac" title="Fleetwood Mac">Fleetwood Mac</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Here_Comes_My_Girl" title="Here Comes My Girl">Here Comes My Girl</a>" (1980) by <a href="/wiki/Tom_Petty_and_the_Heartbreakers" title="Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers">Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Every_Little_Thing_She_Does_Is_Magic" title="Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic">Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic</a>" (1981) by <a href="/wiki/The_Police" title="The Police">The Police</a></li> <li>"Jason and the Argonauts" (1982) by <a href="/wiki/XTC" title="XTC">XTC</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPreston2012_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPreston2012-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Head_over_Heels_(Tears_for_Fears_song)" title="Head over Heels (Tears for Fears song)">Head Over Heels</a>" (1985) by <a href="/wiki/Tears_for_Fears" title="Tears for Fears">Tears for Fears</a></li> <li>Ending part of "<a href="/wiki/Man_in_the_Mirror" title="Man in the Mirror">Man in the Mirror</a>" (1987) by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Flying_in_a_Blue_Dream" title="Flying in a Blue Dream">Flying in a Blue Dream</a>" (1989) by <a href="/wiki/Joe_Satriani" title="Joe Satriani">Joe Satriani</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Man_on_the_Moon_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Man on the Moon (song)">Man on the Moon</a>" (1991) by <a href="/wiki/R.E.M." title="R.E.M.">R.E.M</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Oceans_(Pearl_Jam_song)" title="Oceans (Pearl Jam song)">Oceans</a>" (1992) by <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Jam" title="Pearl Jam">Pearl Jam</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/When_We_Dance" title="When We Dance">When We Dance</a>" (1994) by <a href="/wiki/Sting_(musician)" title="Sting (musician)">Sting</a></li> <li>Orchestral interlude in "<a href="/wiki/Last_Goodbye_(Jeff_Buckley_song)" title="Last Goodbye (Jeff Buckley song)">Last Goodbye</a>" (1994) by <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Buckley" title="Jeff Buckley">Jeff Buckley</a></li> <li>Sequence beginning at the words "Much as I definitely enjoy solitude" in "<a href="/wiki/Possibly_Maybe" title="Possibly Maybe">Possibly Maybe</a>" (1996) by <a href="/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rk" title="Björk">Björk</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHein2012_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHein2012-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Unravel_(Bj%C3%B6rk_song)" title="Unravel (Björk song)">Unravel</a>" (1997) by <a href="/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rk" title="Björk">Björk</a></li> <li>"Waltz #1" (1998) by <a href="/wiki/Elliott_Smith" title="Elliott Smith">Elliott Smith</a> (D<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> Lydian)<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_Theme" title="The Simpsons Theme">The Simpsons Theme</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Danny_Elfman" title="Danny Elfman">Danny Elfman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cut_the_Rope" title="Cut the Rope">Cut the Rope</a> theme by Alexander Falinski</li> <li>"Yoda's Theme" by John Williams from <i>The Empire Strikes Back</i></li> <li>"Flying Theme" by John Williams from <i>E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial</i></li> <li>"Theme from <i>Back to the Future</i>" by Alan Silvestri</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Annie%27s_Song" title="Annie's Song">Annie's Song</a>" by <a href="/wiki/John_Denver" title="John Denver">John Denver</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Folk">Folk</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lydian_mode&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Folk"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Many Polish folksongs, including the <a href="/wiki/Mazurka" title="Mazurka">mazurka</a>, are in the Lydian mode; the first six notes of this mode were sometimes known as the "Polish mode".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETrochimczykn.d._18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETrochimczykn.d.-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lydian_mode&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lydian_chord" title="Lydian chord">Lydian chord</a>, a chord that is related to the Lydian scale</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lydian_dominant_scale" class="mw-redirect" title="Lydian dominant scale">Lydian dominant scale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalyani_(raga)" title="Kalyani (raga)">Kalyani (raga)</a>, the equivalent scale (<a href="/wiki/Melakarta" title="Melakarta">melakarta</a>) in <a href="/wiki/Carnatic_music" title="Carnatic music">Carnatic music</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lydian_mode&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBarbera1984">Barbera 1984</a>, 233, 240.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBarker1984–19892:15-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBarker1984–19892:15_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBarker1984–1989">Barker 1984–1989</a>, 2:15.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPöhlmann_and_West200185-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPöhlmann_and_West200185_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPöhlmann_and_West2001">Pöhlmann and West 2001</a>, 85.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTECarver200576-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECarver200576_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCarver2005">Carver 2005</a>, 76.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Ebenezer_Prout" title="Ebenezer Prout">Prout, Ebenezer</a> (1903). <i>Harmony: Its Theory and Practice</i>, p.317. Augener. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 February</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Flypaper&rft.atitle=Exploring+the+Lydian+Mode+with+Elliott+Smith%27s+%22Waltz+%231%22&rft.date=2018-02-21&rft.aulast=McGuire&rft.aufirst=Patrick&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fflypaper.soundfly.com%2Fwrite%2Fexploring-the-lydian-mode-with-elliott-smiths-waltz-1%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALydian+mode" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTETrochimczykn.d.-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETrochimczykn.d._18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFTrochimczykn.d.">Trochimczyk n.d</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sources">Sources</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lydian_mode&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 45em;"> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><cite class="citation wikicite" id="CITEREFAnon.n.d.">Anon. n.d. "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lydianchromaticconcept.com/faq.html#1">Frequently Asked Questions about George Russell's Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization</a>". www.georgerussell.com (Accessed 23 February 2012).</cite></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><cite class="citation wikicite" id="CITEREFBarbera1984">Barbera, André. 1984. "Octave Species". <i><a href="/wiki/The_Journal_of_Musicology" title="The Journal of Musicology">The Journal of Musicology</a></i> 3, no. 3 (July): 229–241. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/763813">763813</a> (Subscription access).</cite> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1525%2Fjm.1984.3.3.03a00020">10.1525/jm.1984.3.3.03a00020</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><cite class="citation wikicite" id="CITEREFBarker1984–1989"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Barker_(classicist)" title="Andrew Barker (classicist)">Barker, Andrew</a>. 1984–1989. <i>Greek Musical Writings</i>. 2 vols. Cambridge Readings in the Literature of Music. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press.</cite></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><cite class="citation wikicite" id="CITEREFCarver2005">Carver, Anthony F. 2005. "Bruckner and the Phrygian Mode". <i><a href="/wiki/Music_%26_Letters" title="Music & Letters">Music & Letters</a></i> 86, no. 1:74–99. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fml%2Fgci004">10.1093/ml/gci004</a> (Subscription access).</cite></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><cite class="citation wikicite" id="CITEREFHein2012">Hein, Ethan. 2012. "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ethanhein.com/wp/2011/the-major-scale-modes/">The Major Scale Modes</a>". Ethan Hein's Blog: Music, Technology, Evolution (Accessed 26 January 2012).</cite></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><cite class="citation wikicite" id="CITEREFHoffman_and_Rațiu1971">Hoffman, Alfred, and Adrian Rațiu. 1971. "Succese ale simfonistului (1900–1906)". In <i>George Enescu: Monografie</i>, 2 vols., edited by Mircea Voicana, 237–329. Bucharest: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România.</cite></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><cite class="citation wikicite" id="CITEREFOrbón1987"><a href="/wiki/Juli%C3%A1n_Orb%C3%B3n" title="Julián Orbón">Orbón, Julián</a>. 1987. "Las sinfonías de Carlos Chávez." (part 2). <i>Pauta: Cuadernos de teoría y crítica musical</i> 6, no. 22 (April–June): 81–91.</cite></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><cite class="citation wikicite" id="CITEREFPöhlmann_and_West2001">Pöhlmann, Egert, and Martin L. West. 2001. <i>Documents of Ancient Greek Music: The Extant Melodies and Fragments</i>, edited and transcribed with commentary by Egert Pöhlmann and Martin L. West. Oxford: Clarendon Press. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-19-815223-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-19-815223-X">0-19-815223-X</a>.</cite></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><cite class="citation wikicite" id="CITEREFPowers2001">Powers, Harold S. 2001. "Lydian". <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Grove_Dictionary_of_Music_and_Musicians" title="The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians">The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians</a></i>, second edition, edited by <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Sadie" title="Stanley Sadie">Stanley Sadie</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Tyrrell_(musicologist)" title="John Tyrrell (musicologist)">John Tyrrell</a>, 15:409–410. 29 vols. London: Macmillan. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-56159-239-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-56159-239-5">978-1-56159-239-5</a> (set) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-517067-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-517067-2">978-0-19-517067-2</a> (set) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44391762">44391762</a> (set) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/248649842">248649842</a> (v. 15) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/249589729">249589729</a> (v. 15, reprint with minor corr.) LCCN 00-55156 or 00055156 (set).</cite></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><cite class="citation wikicite" id="CITEREFPreston2012">Preston, William. 2012, p. 25. "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://watzek.lclark.edu/seniorprojects/files/original/8b09ada9b19b75092f720a6416be26ba.pdf">Funk Pop a Roll : The Stylistic Evolution of XTC</a>". Portland, Oregon: Lewis and Clark College.</cite></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><cite class="citation wikicite" id="CITEREFSmith2000">Smith, Ronald. 2000. <i>Alkan, the Man, the Music</i>. London: Kahn & Averill. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781871082739" title="Special:BookSources/9781871082739">9781871082739</a>.</cite></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><cite class="citation wikicite" id="CITEREFStanchinsky1908"><a href="https://imslp.org/wiki/Prelude_in_Lydian_Mode_(Stanchinsky,_Aleksey)" class="extiw" title="scores:Prelude in Lydian Mode (Stanchinsky, Aleksey)">Prelude in Lydian Mode (1908, Stanchinsky, Aleksey)</a>: Scores at the <a href="/wiki/International_Music_Score_Library_Project" title="International Music Score Library Project">International Music Score Library Project</a></cite></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><cite class="citation wikicite" id="CITEREFTrochimczykn.d.">Trochimczyk, Maja. n.d. "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://polishmusic.usc.edu/research/dances/mazur/">Mazur (Mazurka)</a>". University of Southern California Polish Music Center website (accessed 12 November 2018).</cite></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lydian_mode&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 45em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Beato" title="Rick Beato">Beato, Rick</a>. 2018. "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZavJLr5Otq4&t=61">What Makes This Song Great? Ep. 2: The Police</a>". YouTube (26 January. Retrieved 28 March 2018).</li> <li>Benward, Bruce, and Marilyn Nadine Saker. 2009. <i>Music in Theory and Practice</i>, eighth edition, vol. 2. Boston: McGraw-Hill. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-07-310188-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-07-310188-0">978-0-07-310188-0</a>.</li> <li>Chase, Wayne. 2006. <i>How Music Really Works!: Musical and Lyrical Techniques of the Masters</i>, second edition. Vancouver: Roedy Black Publishing Inc. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-897311-55-9" title="Special:BookSources/1-897311-55-9">1-897311-55-9</a>; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-897311-56-7" title="Special:BookSources/1-897311-56-7">1-897311-56-7</a>.</li> <li>Jones, George Thaddeus. 1974. <i>Music Theory: The Fundamental Concepts of Tonal Music Including Notation, Terminology, and Harmony</i>. Barnes & Noble Outline Series 137. New York, Hagerstown, San Francisco, London: Barnes & Noble. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780064601375" title="Special:BookSources/9780064601375">9780064601375</a>.</li> <li>Miller, Scott. 2002. <i>Mel Bay's Getting Into ... Jazz Fusion Guitar</i>. Pacific, Missouri: Mel Bay Publications. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7866-6248-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-7866-6248-4">0-7866-6248-4</a>.</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lydian_mode&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://robsilverguitars.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/lydian-mode.html">The Lydian mode in all seven three note per string positions, with intervals mapped out for guitar.</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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