F phrygian dominant scale

F phrygian dominant

  • FR
  • G♭♭2
  • A3
  • B♭4
  • C5
  • D♭♭6
  • E♭♭7

Positions

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How it is built

  • Phrygian with a major 3rd: A instead of A♭. Seven notes.
  • The three-half-step gap from G♭ to A is the Spanish sound. It is the fifth mode of B♭ harmonic minor, and it lives over an F or F7 chord.
  • Flamenco runs it over the Andalusian cadence; metal borrows it for the same exotic pull.

Chords that fit F phrygian dominant

Other F scales