Guitar scale companion
Learn the E Lydian Augmented scale (3rd mode melodic minor) on guitar. Explore notes, intervals, and fretboard positions with an interactive chart.
Every E Lydian Augmented 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.
E Lydian Augmented (3rd Mode Melodic Minor), E shape: the box around the E-shape E chord, taken from the C box of C# Melodic Minor.
E shape tab (1-5) e |----2-----4---| B |-1--2-----4---| G |-1-----3------| D |-1--2-----4---| A |-1-----3--4---| E |----2-----4---|
E Lydian Augmented (3rd Mode Melodic Minor), D shape: the box around the D-shape E chord, taken from the C box of C# Melodic Minor.
D shape tab (1-5) e |----2-----4---| B |-1--2-----4---| G |-1-----3------| D |-1--2-----4---| A |-1-----3--4---| E |----2-----4---|
E Lydian Augmented (3rd Mode Melodic Minor), C shape: the box around the C-shape E chord, taken from the A box of C# Melodic Minor.
C shape tab (3-7) e |----4-----6---| B |----4--5-----7| G |-3-----5--6---| D |----4-----6---| A |-3--4-----6---| E |----4-----6---|
E Lydian Augmented (3rd Mode Melodic Minor), A shape: the box around the A-shape E chord, taken from the E box of C# Melodic Minor.
A shape tab (8-12) e |-8--9----11---| B |----9----11---| G |-8--9----11---| D |-8----10-11---| A |----9----11---| E |-8--9----11---|
E Lydian Augmented (3rd Mode Melodic Minor), G shape: the box around the G-shape E chord, taken from the E box of C# Melodic Minor.
G shape tab (8-12) e |-8--9----11---| B |----9----11---| G |-8--9----11---| D |-8----10-11---| A |----9----11---| E |-8--9----11---|