C♯ phrygian dominant scale

C♯ phrygian dominant

  • C♯R
  • D♭2
  • E♯3
  • F♯4
  • G♯5
  • A♭6
  • B♭7

Positions

123456789101112131415E♯F♯G♯ABC♯DE♯F♯ABC♯DE♯F♯G♯ABDE♯F♯G♯ABC♯DE♯G♯ABC♯DE♯F♯G♯ABC♯DE♯F♯G♯ABC♯DE♯F♯G♯ABC♯DE♯F♯
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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 C♯7 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