C phrygian dominant scale

C phrygian dominant

  • CR
  • D♭♭2
  • E3
  • F4
  • G5
  • A♭♭6
  • B♭♭7

Positions

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How it is built

  • Phrygian with a major 3rd: E instead of E♭. Seven notes.
  • The three-half-step gap from D♭ to E is the Spanish sound. It is the fifth mode of F harmonic minor, and it lives over a C or C7 chord.
  • Flamenco runs it over the Andalusian cadence; metal borrows it for the same exotic pull.

Chords that fit C phrygian dominant

Other C scales