The イ Phrygian Dominant scale contains 7 notes: イ, 変ロ, 嬰ハ, ニ, ホ, ヘ, ト.
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.
イ Phrygian Dominant uses the same notes as ニ Harmonic Minor, started from degree 5 instead of the first. The notes are shared; the tonic, and therefore the sound, is not.
イ 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.
| 音度 | 音 | 音程 | Semitones |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | イ | P1 | 0 |
| 2 | 変ロ | m2 | 1 |
| 3 | 嬰ハ | M3 | 4 |
| 4 | ニ | P4 | 5 |
| 5 | ホ | P5 | 7 |
| 6 | ヘ | m6 | 8 |
| 7 | ト | m7 | 10 |
These are the triads built on each degree of イ Phrygian Dominant using only notes from the scale.
Every scale type that starts on イ, for comparison.
The イ Phrygian Dominant scale has 7 notes: イ, 変ロ, 嬰ハ, ニ, ホ, ヘ, ト.
The イ 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.
イ Phrygian Dominant is the mode of ニ 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 イ Phrygian Dominant scale are イ, 変ロ, 嬰ハdim, ニm, ホdim, ヘaug, トm.