E phrygian dominant scale

E phrygian dominant

  • ER
  • F♭2
  • G♯3
  • A4
  • B5
  • 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 A harmonic minor, and it lives over an E or E7 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