G phrygian dominant scale

G phrygian dominant

  • GR
  • A♭♭2
  • B3
  • C4
  • D5
  • E♭♭6
  • F♭7

Positions

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How it is built

  • Phrygian with a major 3rd: B instead of B♭. Seven notes.
  • The three-half-step gap from A♭ to B is the Spanish sound. It is the fifth mode of C harmonic minor, and it lives over a G or G7 chord.
  • Flamenco runs it over the Andalusian cadence; metal borrows it for the same exotic pull.

Chords that fit G phrygian dominant

Other G scales