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33.6Lydian major color review
In C:
C Lydian:
C D E F♯ G A B
Characteristic:
F♯ = ♯4 / ♯11.
A Cmaj7♯11 sonority feels:
bright
floating
less conventionally tonic than plain Cmaj7.