Acoustic scale

Acoustic scale
Modes	I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII
Component pitches
	C, D, E, F♯, G, A, B♭
Qualities
Number of pitch classes	7
Forte number	7-34
Complement	5-34

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In music, the acoustic scale, overtone scale, Lydian dominant scale (Lydian ♭7 scale), or the Mixolydian ♯4 scale is a seven-note synthetic scale. It is the fourth mode of the ascending melodic minor scale.

${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 7/4 c4^\markup { Acoustic scale on C } d e fis g a bes c } }$

This differs from the major scale in having an augmented fourth and a minor seventh scale degree. The term "acoustic scale" is sometimes used to describe a particular mode of this seven-note collection (e.g. the specific ordering C–D–E–F♯–G–A–B♭) and is sometimes used to describe the collection as a whole (e.g. including orderings such as E–F♯–G–A–B♭–C–D).