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