Bass & Creativity: Alternate Lydian Modes

For this lesson, we’ll be looking into some alternate Lydian colors. We will take a look at the colors and applications of the Augmented Lydian and Dominant Lydian, both as full modes and as temporary colors integrated within more usual chord sequences.

Here’s a breakdown of what we’ll cover in the video below:

• 0:00 – The unaltered lydian mode
• 0:48 – Lydian#5 structure & color
• 2:00 – A lydian augmented: unfolding its color and adding bass movement
• 3:52 – Integration in a chord movement
• 4:35 – Dm7 FMaj7#11#5
• 5:28 – Integration within a II V I
• 6:10 – Am7 D7 GM7#11#5
• 7:34 – Lydian dominant structure & color
• 8:19 – A7#11 unfolding the mode & adding bass movement
• 9:59 – Integration in a chord sequence Am D7#11
• 11:04 – Outro & application