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