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Jazz Music Scales With Root B
The B Pentatonic Scale in Jazz Music
The B Blues Scale in Jazz Music
The B Bebop Scale in Jazz Music
The B Hexatonic Scale in Jazz Music
The B Diminished Scale in Jazz Music
The B Harmonic Minor Scale in Jazz Music
The B Altered Scale in Jazz Music
The B Whole Tone Scale in Jazz Music
The B Ionian Mode Scale in Jazz Music
The B Dorian Mode Scale in Jazz Music
The B Phrygian Mode Scale in Jazz Music
The B Lydian Mode Scale in Jazz Music
The B Mixolydian Mode Scale in Jazz Music
The B Aeolian Mode Scale in Jazz Music
The B Locrian Mode Scale in Jazz Music
Summary: The B Lydian mode is the fourth mode of D flat major, and it is a major scale that contains a nice sharp 4 and a kind of floating sound. Find out how to use the Lydian mode to solo over B major with help from a jazz composer in this free video on the B Lydian mode scale in jazz music.
Ryan Larson is a young jazz composer whose teaching technique focuses on the basics of music theory in all 12 keys. When applying his 12-key technique to understanding the logic behind...read more
"Now we have our Lydian mode and B is th 4th mode of D flat major Lydian B Lydian. So we start G flat 1,2,3,4 we are on B so now we have our B flat scale. Here we have 1,2,3, sharp 4,5,6,7 so it is a major scale with this nice sharp 4 in there. You can hear it gives out this nice floating sound, this is a great scale to use in exchange for your major scale. So if you are soloing over B major or comping in B major you can play B Lydian and it would give rid of that 4th void note and make it a sharp 4 and you can hear how melodically nice that sounds. There is a lot of classic tune if you start right on that sharp 4 so go through and get your Lydian going on. "
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