Gb Kalyan Guitar Scale
6-string guitar · Indian raga · 7 notes · major family
Notes
G♭
A♭
B♭
C
D♭
E♭
F
Solfège : Sol♭ – La♭ – Si♭ – Do – Ré♭ – Mi♭ – Fa
Interval Structure
G♭
T
A♭
T
B♭
T
C
½T
D♭
T
E♭
T
F
→
G♭+oct.
½T
Scale Chords (triads)
| Degree | Chord (in Gb) | Quality |
|---|---|---|
| I | G♭ | Major |
| II | A♭ | Major |
| iii | B♭m | minor |
| iv° | C° | diminished |
| V | D♭ | Major |
| vi | E♭m | minor |
| vii | Fm | 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 Gb Kalyan on guitar in the interactive app.
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