Ais Phrygian Dominant Scale
The Ais Phrygian Dominant scale contains 7 notes: Ais, H, C♯♯, Dis, Eis, Fis, Gis.
Ais Phrygian Dominant scale on the piano
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- Scale type
- Phrygian Dominant
- Number of notes
- 7
- Formel
- H–W+H–H–W–H–W–W
- Parent scale
- Dis Harmonic Minor (degree 5)
What is the Phrygian Dominant scale?
Phrygian dominant is the fifth mode of harmonic minor — a major scale with a lowered second, sixth and seventh. It fits over a dominant seventh chord with a flat ninth, and it is the sound of flamenco, klezmer and middle eastern melody.
Ais Phrygian Dominant uses the same notes as Dis Harmonic Minor, started from degree 5 instead of the first. The notes are shared; the tonic, and therefore the sound, is not.
Ais Phrygian Dominant 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 Dominant
| Trin | Node | Interval | Semitones |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ais | P1 | 0 |
| 2 | H | m2 | 1 |
| 3 | C♯♯ | M3 | 4 |
| 4 | Dis | P4 | 5 |
| 5 | Eis | P5 | 7 |
| 6 | Fis | m6 | 8 |
| 7 | Gis | m7 | 10 |
Chords in Ais Phrygian Dominant
These are the triads built on each degree of Ais Phrygian Dominant using only notes from the scale.
Other scales on Ais
Every scale type that starts on Ais, for comparison.
- A♯ minor
- Ais Dorian
- Ais Phrygian
- Ais Lydian
- Ais Mixolydian
- Ais Locrian
- Ais Harmonic Minor
- Ais Melodic Minor
- Ais Harmonic Major
- Ais Hungarian Minor
- 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 Dominant in every key
- C Phrygian Dominant
- Cis Phrygian Dominant
- Des Phrygian Dominant
- D Phrygian Dominant
- Dis Phrygian Dominant
- Es Phrygian Dominant
- E Phrygian Dominant
- F Phrygian Dominant
- Fis Phrygian Dominant
- Ges Phrygian Dominant
- G Phrygian Dominant
- Gis Phrygian Dominant
- As Phrygian Dominant
- A Phrygian Dominant
- B Phrygian Dominant
- H Phrygian Dominant
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What notes are in the Ais Phrygian Dominant scale?
The Ais Phrygian Dominant scale has 7 notes: Ais, H, C♯♯, Dis, Eis, Fis, Gis.
What is the formula for the Ais Phrygian Dominant scale?
The Ais Phrygian Dominant scale follows the step pattern H–W+H–H–W–H–W–W, where H is a half step and W is a whole step.
What scale is Ais Phrygian Dominant derived from?
Ais Phrygian Dominant is the mode of Dis Harmonic Minor that starts on its 5 degree. Both scales use the same notes but resolve to a different tonic.
What chords are in the Ais Phrygian Dominant scale?
The triads built from the Ais Phrygian Dominant scale are Ais, H, C♯♯dim, Dism, Eisdim, Fisaug, Gism.
