B Kalyan Guitar Scale
6-string guitar · Indian raga · 7 notes · major family
Notes
B
C♯
D♯
E♯
F♯
G♯
A♯
Solfège : Si – Do♯ – Ré♯ – Mi♯ – Fa♯ – Sol♯ – La♯
Interval Structure
B
T
C♯
T
D♯
T
E♯
½T
F♯
T
G♯
T
A♯
→
B+oct.
½T
Scale Chords (triads)
| Degree | Chord (in B) | Quality |
|---|---|---|
| I | B | Major |
| II | C♯ | Major |
| iii | D♯m | minor |
| iv° | E♯° | diminished |
| V | F♯ | Major |
| vi | G♯m | minor |
| vii | A♯m | minor |
About this scale
Raga Kalyan is the Indian equivalent of the Lydian mode. On guitar, its characteristic #4 creates the same floating, ascending effect as Western Lydian. World-fusion guitarists (Ravi Shankar × Philip Glass, John McLaughlin) exploit it for very beautiful twilight atmospheres.
See fretboard positions for B Kalyan on guitar in the interactive app.
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