B phrygian dominant scale

B phrygian dominant

  • BR
  • C♭2
  • D♯3
  • E4
  • F♯5
  • 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 B7 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