D phrygian dominant scale

D phrygian dominant

  • DR
  • E♭♭2
  • F♯3
  • G4
  • A5
  • B♭♭6
  • C♭7

Positions

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How it is built

  • Phrygian with a major 3rd: F♯ instead of F. Seven notes.
  • The three-half-step gap from E♭ to F♯ is the Spanish sound. It is the fifth mode of G harmonic minor, and it lives over a D or D7 chord.
  • Flamenco runs it over the Andalusian cadence; metal borrows it for the same exotic pull.

Chords that fit D phrygian dominant

Other D scales