B♭ Phrygian Scale
The B♭ Phrygian scale contains 7 notes: B♭, C♭, D♭, E♭, F, G♭, A♭.
B♭ Phrygian scale on the piano
Informații esențiale
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.
B♭ Phrygian uses the same notes as G♭ Major, started from degree 3 instead of the first. The notes are shared; the tonic, and therefore the sound, is not.
B♭ 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 B♭ Phrygian
| Treaptă | Notă | Interval | Semitones |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B♭ | P1 | 0 |
| 2 | C♭ | m2 | 1 |
| 3 | D♭ | m3 | 3 |
| 4 | E♭ | P4 | 5 |
| 5 | F | P5 | 7 |
| 6 | G♭ | m6 | 8 |
| 7 | A♭ | m7 | 10 |
Chords in B♭ Phrygian
These are the triads built on each degree of B♭ Phrygian using only notes from the scale.
Other scales on B♭
Every scale type that starts on B♭, for comparison.
- B♭ major
- B♭ Dorian
- B♭ Lydian
- B♭ Mixolydian
- B♭ Locrian
- B♭ Harmonic Minor
- B♭ Melodic Minor
- B♭ Harmonic Major
- B♭ Hungarian Minor
- B♭ Phrygian Dominant
- B♭ Lydian Dominant
- B♭ Major Pentatonic
- B♭ Minor Pentatonic
- B♭ Blues
- B♭ Whole Tone
- B♭ Chromatic
- B♭ Half-Whole Diminished
- B♭ Whole-Half Diminished
- B♭ Bebop Dominant
- B♭ Bebop Major
Phrygian in every key
Întrebări frecvente
What notes are in the B♭ Phrygian scale?
The B♭ Phrygian scale has 7 notes: B♭, C♭, D♭, E♭, F, G♭, A♭.
What is the formula for the B♭ Phrygian scale?
The B♭ 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 B♭ Phrygian derived from?
B♭ Phrygian is the mode of G♭ Major that starts on its 3 degree. Both scales use the same notes but resolve to a different tonic.
What chords are in the B♭ Phrygian scale?
The triads built from the B♭ Phrygian scale are B♭m, C♭, D♭, E♭m, Fdim, G♭, A♭m.
