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Lydian mode

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Lydian mode

In music, one of the church modes, a scale F–E centred around and beginning on F, which uses only notes of the C major scale. It is also a scale of ancient Greece, the equivalent of the modern major scale.



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It works pretty well until we encounter a B-natural in the final declaration of "Happy Birthday," suggesting a brief flirtation with the Lydian mode.
 
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