ホ Phrygian Dominant Scale: Notes, Formula & Chords

ホ Phrygian Dominant scale on the piano

ホ – ヘ – 嬰ト – イ – ロ – ハ – 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: 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.

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

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 ホ Phrygian Dominant

音度	音	音程	Semitones
1	ホ	P1	0
2	ヘ	m2	1
3	嬰ト	M3	4
4	イ	P4	5
5	ロ	P5	7
6	ハ	m6	8
7	ニ	m7	10

Chords in ホ Phrygian Dominant

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

Other scales on ホ

Every scale type that starts on ホ, for comparison.

Phrygian Dominant in every key

よくある質問

What notes are in the ホ Phrygian Dominant scale?

The ホ Phrygian Dominant scale has 7 notes: ホ, ヘ, 嬰ト, イ, ロ, ハ, ニ.

What is the formula for the ホ Phrygian Dominant scale?

The 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 ホ Phrygian Dominant derived from?

ホ Phrygian Dominant is the mode of 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 ホ Phrygian Dominant scale?

The triads built from the ホ Phrygian Dominant scale are ホ, ヘ, 嬰トdim, イm, ロdim, ハaug, ニm.