B phrygian scale

B phrygian

  • BR
  • C♭2
  • D♭3
  • E4
  • F♯5
  • G♭6
  • A♭7

Positions

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How it is built

  • A minor scale with a flat 2nd: C instead of C♯. Seven notes.
  • The half step from B down to C is the whole flavor: dark in metal, Spanish in flamenco. Hammer between the two and you have the cliché in one move.
  • Same notes as G major, started from its third degree.

Chords that fit B phrygian

Other B scales