Guitar scale companion
Learn the C Lydian Dominant scale on guitar. Explore notes, intervals, and fretboard positions with an interactive chart.
Every C Lydian Dominant Scale note across the neck, with roots highlighted for quick orientation.
Frets 0–24. Select a position or tap a note to hear it.
These CAGED-family boxes show the same scale in complete practical areas before you explore the full neck. Each one surrounds a CAGED chord shape; see how the five shapes connect in the CAGED system.
C Lydian Dominant, C shape: the box around the C-shape C chord, taken from the E box of G Melodic Minor.
C shape tab (2-6) e |-2--3-----5---| B |----3-----5---| G |-2--3-----5---| D |-2-----4--5---| A |----3-----5---| E |-2--3-----5---|
C Lydian Dominant, A shape: the box around the A-shape C chord, taken from the E box of G Melodic Minor.
A shape tab (2-6) e |-2--3-----5---| B |----3-----5---| G |-2--3-----5---| D |-2-----4--5---| A |----3-----5---| E |-2--3-----5---|
C Lydian Dominant, G shape: the box around the G-shape C chord, taken from the D box of G Melodic Minor.
G shape tab (4-8) e |----5--6-----8| B |----5-----7--8| G |----5-----7---| D |-4--5-----7---| A |----5-----7---| E |----5--6-----8|
C Lydian Dominant, E shape: the box around the E-shape C chord, taken from the C box of G Melodic Minor.
E shape tab (7-11) e |----8----10---| B |-7--8----10---| G |-7-----9------| D |-7--8----10---| A |-7-----9-10---| E |----8----10---|
C Lydian Dominant, D shape: the box around the D-shape C chord, taken from the A box of G Melodic Minor.
D shape tab (9-13) e |---10----12---| B |---10-11----13| G |-9----11-12---| D |---10----12---| A |-9-10----12---| E |---10----12---|