F♯ phrygian dominant scale

F♯ phrygian dominant

  • F♯R
  • G♭2
  • A♯3
  • B4
  • C♯5
  • 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 F♯7 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