変ホ Phrygian Dominant Scale: Notes, Formula & Chords

変ホ Phrygian Dominant scale on the piano

変ホ – 変ヘ – ト – 変イ – 変ロ – 変ハ – 変ニ

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重要ポイント

Scale type: Phrygian Dominant
Number of notes: 7
構成式: H–W+H–H–W–H–W–W
Parent scale: 変イ 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.

変ホ Phrygian Dominant uses the same notes as 変イ Harmonic Minor, started from degree 5 instead of the first. The notes are shared; the tonic, and therefore the sound, is not.

変ホ 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 変ホ Phrygian Dominant

音度	音	音程	Semitones
1	変ホ	P1	0
2	変ヘ	m2	1
3	ト	M3	4
4	変イ	P4	5
5	変ロ	P5	7
6	変ハ	m6	8
7	変ニ	m7	10

Chords in 変ホ Phrygian Dominant

These are the triads built on each degree of 変ホ Phrygian Dominant using only notes from the scale.

Other scales on 変ホ

Every scale type that starts on 変ホ, for comparison.

Phrygian Dominant in every key

よくある質問

What notes are in the 変ホ Phrygian Dominant scale?

The 変ホ Phrygian Dominant scale has 7 notes: 変ホ, 変ヘ, ト, 変イ, 変ロ, 変ハ, 変ニ.

What is the formula for the 変ホ Phrygian Dominant scale?

The 変ホ 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 変ホ Phrygian Dominant derived from?

変ホ Phrygian Dominant is the mode of 変イ 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 変ホ Phrygian Dominant scale?

The triads built from the 変ホ Phrygian Dominant scale are 変ホ, 変ヘ, トdim, 変イm, 変ロdim, 変ハaug, 変ニm.