Des Phrygian Scale
The Des Phrygian scale contains 7 notes: Des, E♭♭, Fes, Ges, As, H♭♭, Ces.
Des 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.
Des Phrygian uses the same notes as A Duuri, started from degree 3 instead of the first. The notes are shared; the tonic, and therefore the sound, is not.
Des 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 Des Phrygian
| Sävelaste | Sävel | Intervalli | Semitones |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des | P1 | 0 |
| 2 | E♭♭ | m2 | 1 |
| 3 | Fes | m3 | 3 |
| 4 | Ges | P4 | 5 |
| 5 | As | P5 | 7 |
| 6 | H♭♭ | m6 | 8 |
| 7 | Ces | m7 | 10 |
Chords in Des Phrygian
These are the triads built on each degree of Des Phrygian using only notes from the scale.
Other scales on Des
Every scale type that starts on Des, for comparison.
- D♭ major
- Des Dorian
- Des Lydian
- Des Mixolydian
- Des Locrian
- Des Harmonic Minor
- Des Melodic Minor
- Des Harmonic Major
- Des Hungarian Minor
- Des Phrygian Dominant
- 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 in every key
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What notes are in the Des Phrygian scale?
The Des Phrygian scale has 7 notes: Des, E♭♭, Fes, Ges, As, H♭♭, Ces.
What is the formula for the Des Phrygian scale?
The Des 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 Des Phrygian derived from?
Des Phrygian is the mode of A Duuri that starts on its 3 degree. Both scales use the same notes but resolve to a different tonic.
What chords are in the Des Phrygian scale?
The triads built from the Des Phrygian scale are Desm, E♭♭, Fes, Gesm, Asdim, H♭♭, Cesm.
