Cis Phrygian Dominant Scale
The Cis Phrygian Dominant scale contains 7 notes: Cis, D, Eis, Fis, Gis, A, H.
Cis 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
- Fis 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.
Cis Phrygian Dominant uses the same notes as Fis Harmonic Minor, started from degree 5 instead of the first. The notes are shared; the tonic, and therefore the sound, is not.
Cis 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 Cis Phrygian Dominant
| Trin | Node | Interval | Semitones |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cis | P1 | 0 |
| 2 | D | m2 | 1 |
| 3 | Eis | M3 | 4 |
| 4 | Fis | P4 | 5 |
| 5 | Gis | P5 | 7 |
| 6 | A | m6 | 8 |
| 7 | H | m7 | 10 |
Chords in Cis Phrygian Dominant
These are the triads built on each degree of Cis Phrygian Dominant using only notes from the scale.
Other scales on Cis
Every scale type that starts on Cis, for comparison.
- C♯ major
- Cis Dorian
- Cis Phrygian
- Cis Lydian
- Cis Mixolydian
- Cis Locrian
- Cis Harmonic Minor
- Cis Melodic Minor
- Cis Harmonic Major
- Cis Hungarian Minor
- Cis Lydian Dominant
- Cis Major Pentatonic
- Cis Minor Pentatonic
- Cis Blues
- Cis Whole Tone
- Cis Chromatic
- Cis Half-Whole Diminished
- Cis Whole-Half Diminished
- Cis Bebop Dominant
- Cis Bebop Major
Phrygian Dominant in every key
- C 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
- Ais Phrygian Dominant
- B Phrygian Dominant
- H Phrygian Dominant
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What notes are in the Cis Phrygian Dominant scale?
The Cis Phrygian Dominant scale has 7 notes: Cis, D, Eis, Fis, Gis, A, H.
What is the formula for the Cis Phrygian Dominant scale?
The Cis 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 Cis Phrygian Dominant derived from?
Cis Phrygian Dominant is the mode of Fis 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 Cis Phrygian Dominant scale?
The triads built from the Cis Phrygian Dominant scale are Cis, D, Eisdim, Fism, Gisdim, Aaug, Hm.
