A phrygian dominant scale

A phrygian dominant

  • AR
  • B♭♭2
  • C♯3
  • D4
  • E5
  • F♭6
  • G♭7

Positions

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How it is built

  • Phrygian with a major 3rd: C♯ instead of C. Seven notes.
  • The three-half-step gap from B♭ to C♯ is the Spanish sound. It is the fifth mode of D harmonic minor, and it lives over an A or A7 chord.
  • Flamenco runs it over the Andalusian cadence; metal borrows it for the same exotic pull.

Chords that fit A phrygian dominant

Other A scales