A♭ Phrygian Scale: Notes, Formula & Chords

A♭ Phrygian scale on the piano

A♭ – B♭♭ – C♭ – D♭ – E♭ – F♭ – G♭

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Snabbfakta

Scale type: Phrygian
Number of notes: 7
Formel: H–W–W–W–H–W–W
Parent scale: E Dur (degree 3)

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.

A♭ Phrygian uses the same notes as E Dur, started from degree 3 instead of the first. The notes are shared; the tonic, and therefore the sound, is not.

A♭ 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 A♭ Phrygian

Steg	Ton	Intervall	Semitones
1	A♭	P1	0
2	B♭♭	m2	1
3	C♭	m3	3
4	D♭	P4	5
5	E♭	P5	7
6	F♭	m6	8
7	G♭	m7	10

Chords in A♭ Phrygian

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

Other scales on A♭

Every scale type that starts on A♭, for comparison.

Phrygian in every key

Vanliga frågor

What notes are in the A♭ Phrygian scale?

The A♭ Phrygian scale has 7 notes: A♭, B♭♭, C♭, D♭, E♭, F♭, G♭.

What is the formula for the A♭ Phrygian scale?

The A♭ 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 A♭ Phrygian derived from?

A♭ Phrygian is the mode of E Dur that starts on its 3 degree. Both scales use the same notes but resolve to a different tonic.

What chords are in the A♭ Phrygian scale?

The triads built from the A♭ Phrygian scale are A♭m, B♭♭, C♭, D♭m, E♭dim, F♭, G♭m.