Gis Phrygian Dominant Scale
The Gis Phrygian Dominant scale contains 7 notes: Gis, A, His, Cis, Dis, E, Fis.
Gis Phrygian Dominant scale on the piano
Najważniejsze fakty
- Scale type
- Phrygian Dominant
- Number of notes
- 7
- Wzór
- H–W+H–H–W–H–W–W
- Parent scale
- Cis 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.
Gis Phrygian Dominant uses the same notes as Cis Harmonic Minor, started from degree 5 instead of the first. The notes are shared; the tonic, and therefore the sound, is not.
Gis 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 Gis Phrygian Dominant
| Stopień | Nuta | Interwał | Semitones |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gis | P1 | 0 |
| 2 | A | m2 | 1 |
| 3 | His | M3 | 4 |
| 4 | Cis | P4 | 5 |
| 5 | Dis | P5 | 7 |
| 6 | E | m6 | 8 |
| 7 | Fis | m7 | 10 |
Chords in Gis Phrygian Dominant
These are the triads built on each degree of Gis Phrygian Dominant using only notes from the scale.
Other scales on Gis
Every scale type that starts on Gis, for comparison.
- G♯ minor
- Gis Dorian
- Gis Phrygian
- Gis Lydian
- Gis Mixolydian
- Gis Locrian
- Gis Harmonic Minor
- Gis Melodic Minor
- Gis Harmonic Major
- Gis Hungarian Minor
- Gis Lydian Dominant
- Gis Major Pentatonic
- Gis Minor Pentatonic
- Gis Blues
- Gis Whole Tone
- Gis Chromatic
- Gis Half-Whole Diminished
- Gis Whole-Half Diminished
- Gis Bebop Dominant
- Gis Bebop Major
Phrygian Dominant in every key
- C Phrygian Dominant
- Cis Phrygian Dominant
- Des Phrygian Dominant
- D Phrygian Dominant
- Dis Phrygian Dominant
- Es Phrygian Dominant
- E Phrygian Dominant
- F Phrygian Dominant
- Fis Phrygian Dominant
- Ges Phrygian Dominant
- G Phrygian Dominant
- As Phrygian Dominant
- A Phrygian Dominant
- Ais Phrygian Dominant
- B Phrygian Dominant
- H Phrygian Dominant
Najczęściej zadawane pytania
What notes are in the Gis Phrygian Dominant scale?
The Gis Phrygian Dominant scale has 7 notes: Gis, A, His, Cis, Dis, E, Fis.
What is the formula for the Gis Phrygian Dominant scale?
The Gis 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 Gis Phrygian Dominant derived from?
Gis Phrygian Dominant is the mode of Cis 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 Gis Phrygian Dominant scale?
The triads built from the Gis Phrygian Dominant scale are Gis, A, Hisdim, Cism, Disdim, Eaug, Fism.
