E Lydian Dominant Pentatonic Guitar Scale
Guitar scale in Baritone (B Standard) tuning — fretboard diagram
E Lydian Dominant Pentatonic in Baritone (B Standard) — Notes and Intervals
The E Lydian Dominant Pentatonic scale is a streamlined five-note scale built directly around the structure of a dominant seventh chord. On Guitar, its notes are E, G#, A#, B, D. It is a highly efficient tool for jazz and bebop players who need to navigate rapid harmonic changes with rhythmic precision and clarity. Commonly used in Jazz, Bebop, Fusion. Notable players include Wes Montgomery, Pat Martino. Use over 7#11, 9#11 chords. Efficient for fast bebop lines over non-resolving dominant chords.
Notes: E, G#, A#, B, D
Intervals: 1P, 3M, 4A, 5P, 7m
Degrees: 1 2 #3 4 b5
Formula: 4-W-H-WH-W
Number of notes: 5
Tuning: Baritone (B Standard) (B-E-A-D-F#-B)
About Baritone (B Standard) Tuning
The baritone guitar is tuned a perfect fourth lower than standard guitar (B-E-A-D-F#-B), producing a distinctly beefy tone with serious low-end depth that sits perfectly between guitar and bass. Its rich, dark voice has made it a secret weapon in film scoring, ambient music, and moody songwriting where you need that unmistakable low-end warmth without losing clarity.
Unlike simply tuning a standard guitar down (which causes floppy strings and muddy tone), the baritone guitar uses a longer scale length (typically 27"-30") designed specifically for lower tunings. This gives each note clarity and definition even in the lowest register. Session musicians, film composers, and bedroom producers alike reach for the baritone when they need dark, atmospheric textures, doom-laden riffs, or simply a different sonic palette that standard guitar can't deliver.
Notable artists: Pat Metheny, Nels Cline, Brian Setzer, Baritone session players in Nashville
Best for: Moody songwriting, film scoring, ambient textures, doom metal, and any production that needs low-end depth with clarity
Musical Character
Built around the dominant 7th chord structure with a #4, allowing rapid navigation of altered dominant harmony in a pentatonic framework.
Explore This Scale in Other Tunings
- E Lydian Dominant Pentatonic in Standard Tuning
- E Lydian Dominant Pentatonic in Drop D
- E Lydian Dominant Pentatonic in DADGAD
- E Lydian Dominant Pentatonic in Open G
- E Lydian Dominant Pentatonic in 7-string
- E Lydian Dominant Pentatonic in 8-string
- E Lydian Dominant Pentatonic in Drop C
- E Lydian Dominant Pentatonic in Drop B
- E Lydian Dominant Pentatonic in Open D