Ais Phrygian Scale
The Ais Phrygian scale contains 7 notes: Ais, H, Cis, Dis, Eis, Fis, Gis.
Ais Phrygian scale on the piano
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What is the Phrygian scale?
Phrygian is the third mode of the major scale — a minor scale with a lowered second. The half step between the first two notes gives it the Spanish and flamenco colour, and it is a staple of metal riffing.
Ais Phrygian uses the same notes as Fis Dur, started from degree 3 instead of the first. The notes are shared; the tonic, and therefore the sound, is not.
Ais Phrygian is a scale, not a key. It has no key signature of its own — music that uses it is normally written in the key signature of its parent scale, with any extra accidentals added as they occur.
Scale degrees of Ais Phrygian
| Trin | Node | Interval | Semitones |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ais | P1 | 0 |
| 2 | H | m2 | 1 |
| 3 | Cis | m3 | 3 |
| 4 | Dis | P4 | 5 |
| 5 | Eis | P5 | 7 |
| 6 | Fis | m6 | 8 |
| 7 | Gis | m7 | 10 |
Chords in Ais Phrygian
These are the triads built on each degree of Ais Phrygian using only notes from the scale.
Other scales on Ais
Every scale type that starts on Ais, for comparison.
- A♯ minor
- Ais Dorian
- Ais Lydian
- Ais Mixolydian
- Ais Locrian
- Ais Harmonic Minor
- Ais Melodic Minor
- Ais Harmonic Major
- Ais Hungarian Minor
- Ais Phrygian Dominant
- Ais Lydian Dominant
- Ais Major Pentatonic
- Ais Minor Pentatonic
- Ais Blues
- Ais Whole Tone
- Ais Chromatic
- Ais Half-Whole Diminished
- Ais Whole-Half Diminished
- Ais Bebop Dominant
- Ais Bebop Major
Phrygian in every key
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What notes are in the Ais Phrygian scale?
The Ais Phrygian scale has 7 notes: Ais, H, Cis, Dis, Eis, Fis, Gis.
What is the formula for the Ais Phrygian scale?
The Ais Phrygian scale follows the step pattern H–W–W–W–H–W–W, where H is a half step and W is a whole step.
What scale is Ais Phrygian derived from?
Ais Phrygian is the mode of Fis Dur that starts on its 3 degree. Both scales use the same notes but resolve to a different tonic.
What chords are in the Ais Phrygian scale?
The triads built from the Ais Phrygian scale are Aism, H, Cis, Dism, Eisdim, Fis, Gism.
