Lydian is the 4th mode of the major scale, with its own special melodic and harmonic characteristics. Our "home" is now on the 4th degree of the major scale, meaning any motions are centred around that degree (rather than the 1 of the major scale). You'll hear Lydian's mysterious, expressive sound occasionally in popular music and jazz.
Get to understand the harmonic motions that indicate Lydian as our mode so you can acknowledge and accompany these motions more with confidence and purposefully. Try This is everything about the enhanced 4th (4) period, so this will be our primary focus when revealing Lydian melodically. All we've done is raise the 4th from it's "natural" significant scale position.
Start by learning more about Lydian over the single major chord tracks provided. Many Lydian based movements/changes will include the 2nd degree significant chord (II or V in relation to the moms and dad significant scale), a whole step up from the Lydian tonic. For example, in F Lydian, we might move from F to G (or G7) temporarily, returning to rest on F, Lydian's tonic chord.
Believe about how the tones within the pattern connect in a different way to each chord in the sequence as you build your expressions. I constantly advise starting with basic, 3 or 4 note phrases, exploring with different approaches to a "location" or target note. You can then deal with embellishing, refining and structure on your expressions.
Develop the great concepts, fix the mistakes and constantly think about how you can improve a phrase to increase its expressive capacity. That's what jam tracks are ultimately great for. Grab that guitar and happy jamming!.
The Lydian Mode is the 4th of the seven modes. You can see that Lydian scales relate to Major: the F Lydian is like a C Significant played from F. The periods in the Lydian Mode are likewise comparable to the Major Scale, just the fourth note deviates. See also Lydian Dominant.