E♭ phrygian dominant scale

E♭ phrygian dominant

  • E♭R
  • F♭♭2
  • G3
  • A♭4
  • B♭5
  • C♭♭6
  • D♭♭7

Positions

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How it is built

  • Phrygian with a major 3rd: G instead of G♭. Seven notes.
  • The three-half-step gap from F♭ to G is the Spanish sound. It is the fifth mode of G♯ harmonic minor, and it lives over an E♭ or E♭7 chord.
  • Flamenco runs it over the Andalusian cadence; metal borrows it for the same exotic pull.

Chords that fit E♭ phrygian dominant

Other E♭ scales