Root Shuffling
The root jumps to a new pitch periodically during gameplay — the same noteset is reseated on a fresh root, building the ability to summon the noteset by its type from any root. This makes playing in any key trivial.
Lydian on mandolin, by ear
Hear a phrase from the lydian and play it back on the mandolin here — then on yours. The root moves each round; press Play, and answer with Space when you have it. The browser only plays — the app listens.
Lydian
A major mode with a raised 4th — dreamy and floating
Lydian is a major major mode with a raised 4th — the brightest of the three. The ♯4 lifts it above ordinary major, giving a dreamy, floating, otherworldly quality.
Change root
or everyphrases
Notes
per phrase
Tempo
60bpm
Rhythm
Hand
Frets
up to
Tuning
Sound
Metronome
100%
Samples load on first play (~1 MB).
What you’re practising
Lydian
A major mode with a raised 4th — dreamy and floating
Lydian is a major major mode with a raised 4th — the brightest of the three. The ♯4 lifts it above ordinary major, giving a dreamy, floating, otherworldly quality.
Root Shuffling. The root jumps to a new pitch periodically while the noteset type stays constant How it works →
On the mandolin: four courses in fifths, G D A E, the first twelve frets. Also called the lydian mode, lydian scale.