G♯ phrygian dominant scale

G♯ phrygian dominant

  • G♯R
  • A♭2
  • B♯3
  • C♯4
  • D♯5
  • 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 G♯7 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