Mode

B Lydian

The B Lydian mode — B C# D# E# F# G# A# — shown across the guitar neck.

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Swipe the neck sideways to see the higher frets.

B Lydian is the major scale with one note changed — the #4, E#. That single note is what the mode sounds like; lean on it and the colour is obvious, avoid it and you are just playing major.

Notes
B   C#   D#   E#   F#   G#   A#
Intervals
1   2   3   #4   5   6   7
Parent scale
F# Major
Degree of parent
4
Open B Lydian in the tool →

The tool shows this from its parent key, F# major, with B marked as where Lydian begins, the same seven notes centered on F#.