Steve Vai Style BACKING TRACK: Lydian Extravaganza @QJamTracks

Uploaded October 2018 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago

Guitar backing track in the Lydian mode (Steve Vai Style) with extra tips and lesson for scales, arpeggios and licks. This high quality Lydian guitar jam track in the style of guitarist Steve Vai modulates over C Lydian, G Lydian and F Lydian. Excellent for improvising, learning modes, scales, chords, Steve Vai licks and arpeggios. This Q JAM TRACKS *LEARN & PLAY* backing track provides a visual representation of the chords and scales in diagrams as they appear in the backing track. Extra theory about the Lydian mode is shown in this video. It is a backing track and tutorial (or lesson) at the same time.

Learn:
- 0:21 What is the Lydian mode
- 0:37 The G Lydian mode (introduction) and pentatonic alternative
- 1:00 The F Lydian mode (introduction) and pentatonic alternative
- 1:28 The C Lydian mode (introduction) and pentatonic alternative
- 1:45 Re-using familiar patterns (D major for G Lydian)
- 2:07 F Lydian scale patterns (CAGED)
- 2:22 F Lydian scale patterns (CAGED)
- 2:49 G Lydian arpeggio
- 3:12 Fmaj7#11 arpeggio (Steve Vai signature Lick)
- 3:34 C Lydian arpeggio
- 3:56 G Lydian scale patterns (CAGED)

(It's also a play along video for learning beautiful chords)

Steve Vai Style BACKING TRACK: Lydian Extravaganza

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