B♭ phrygian dominant scale

B♭ phrygian dominant

  • B♭R
  • C♭♭2
  • D3
  • E♭4
  • F5
  • G♭♭6
  • A♭♭7

Positions

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How it is built

  • Phrygian with a major 3rd: D instead of D♭. Seven notes.
  • The three-half-step gap from C♭ to D is the Spanish sound. It is the fifth mode of E♭ harmonic minor, and it lives over a B♭ or B♭7 chord.
  • Flamenco runs it over the Andalusian cadence; metal borrows it for the same exotic pull.

Chords that fit B♭ phrygian dominant

Other B♭ scales