Melodic Minor Modes - Page 3

by Chris Tarry The third mode created from the third degree of the melodic minor scale is called Lydian Augmented. In this case we are in the key of C so to derive this mode we would play Eb to Eb from the C melodic minor scale.

The chord that is created from this scale (you create the chord by taking the 1,3,5,7 from the mode) would be a Eb Maj(#5).

We call it Lydian Augmented because it looks just like a Lydian scale with a raised or augmented 5th note.