Mode

C Lydian

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

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Swipe the neck sideways to see the higher frets.

C Lydian is the major scale with one note changed — the #4, F#. 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
C   D   E   F#   G   A   B
Intervals
1   2   3   #4   5   6   7
Parent scale
G Major
Degree of parent
4
Open C Lydian in the tool →

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