# @richardpenamusic on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DNVa8lthBwA
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/33783951-richardpenamusic-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-08-14T12:02:41.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Richard Peña (@richardpenamusic) — https://gondola.cc/richardpenamusic

## Caption

Here's a modern, tension-rich sound you can use in your jazz improvisation: the Lydian Sharp 9 Scale. This is a powerful tool to bring a more contemporary, edgy color to your lines.

The concept starts with a shape: take a major triad and place a bass note a half step above the root of that triad. That combination gives you the shape and sound of a Lydian Sharp 9 chord.

In the video example, we’re using an E major triad with an F in the bass, which you might also see written as E/F.

The scale built from this sound has the following formula:
1 - ♯2 - 3 - ♯4 - 5 - 6 - 7

That ♯2 is usually treated as a passing tone, but in this lesson, we enhance the jazz feel by incorporating:

- Chromatic enclosures
- Arpeggios
- Voice movement between triads and major 7♯11 sounds

The line in the video begins with a chromatic enclosure to the root, then uses the ♯2 to connect into the 3rd. The resulting tension between the E major triad and the underlying F bass note gives you a mix of E/F and Fmaj7♯11 colors, bouncing between both harmonic perspectives.

This is a great way to introduce modern melodic tension into your solos or compositions.

🎸Comment "Guitar" and I'll send you the link to my Patreon, where I've posted the PDF in all 12 keys!

#jazzguitar #jazzmusic #jazz #guitars

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