The E Phrygian Dominant scale contains 7 notes: E, F, Gis, A, H, C, D.
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.
E Phrygian Dominant uses the same notes as A Harmonic Minor, started from degree 5 instead of the first. The notes are shared; the tonic, and therefore the sound, is not.
E 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.
| Fok | Hang | Hangköz | Semitones |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | E | P1 | 0 |
| 2 | F | m2 | 1 |
| 3 | Gis | M3 | 4 |
| 4 | A | P4 | 5 |
| 5 | H | P5 | 7 |
| 6 | C | m6 | 8 |
| 7 | D | m7 | 10 |
These are the triads built on each degree of E Phrygian Dominant using only notes from the scale.
Every scale type that starts on E, for comparison.
The E Phrygian Dominant scale has 7 notes: E, F, Gis, A, H, C, D.
The E 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.
E Phrygian Dominant is the mode of A Harmonic Minor that starts on its 5 degree. Both scales use the same notes but resolve to a different tonic.
The triads built from the E Phrygian Dominant scale are E, F, Gisdim, Am, Hdim, Caug, Dm.