Capo
Where to capo for C Lydian
C Lydian already falls under the fingers in Standard tuning — the open-position shapes are the easiest ones available, so a capo costs you more than it buys.
You want C Lydian. Capo none and play in C Lydian.
19 open stringsdifficulty 3.4
All eight positions, ranked
Each row transposes C Lydian down by that many frets to find the shapes your hand would actually make, then scores the best voicing of all seven chords — fewer fingers, less stretch, closer to the nut, fewer muted strings. Lower is easier. Standard tuning (E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4).
What you are playing
The seven seventh chords of C Lydian are CMaj7, D7, Em7, F#m7b5, GMaj7, Am7, Bm7 — the ones the ranking above is scored against. Explore this key on the C Lydian key page.