Melodic Minor · 5 Missing Notes™ · ♭3 Family
Lydian Augmented is part of the Melodic Minor family in the Dead Sea Scales 5 Missing Notes™ system. It adds the ♭3 chromatic note to the diatonic framework, giving it its distinctive floating and unstable — lydian pushed beyond the h quality.
Floating and unstable — Lydian pushed beyond the horizon
The 5 Missing Notes™ system generates 7 unique scale variations for each chromatic note added to the diatonic framework. Here are all 7 modes in the Melodic Minor family:
Jazzy minor with major 6th and 7th — sophisticated and lifting
Dark Dorian with Phrygian edge, exotic and mysterious
The jazz dominant scale — Lydian brightness over 7th chords
Rock/blues with a dark and haunting ♭6 twist
Locrian but more usable — jazz minor ii° chord scale
Maximum jazz tension — every possible alteration at once
The Dead Sea Scales system maps 42 total modes: 7 diatonic modes plus 5 families of 7 extended scales each (5 × 7 = 35 extended). The Melodic Minor family is one of the five extended families, generated by adding the ♭3 to the major scale foundation.
All 42 modes · Every key · With audio playback · The complete Dead Sea Scales system
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