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B Phrygian dominantScale

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Formula

H 1½ H W H W W 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7
The family

B Phrygian dominant on the chromatic circle

B Phrygian dominant is the 5th mode of the Harmonic minor family. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.

W H W W H 1½ H 4 EI Harmonic minor 5 F♯II Locrian ♮6 ♭6 GIII Ionian ♯5 ♭7 AIV Dorian ♯4 1 BV Phrygian dominant ♭2 CVI Lydian ♯2 3 D♯VII Altered 𝄫7 B Phrygian dominant
The whole neck

B Phrygian dominant across the fretboard

Every note of the scale up to the 16th fret, named by its degree. The root is a ring. Step through the five CAGED positions one at a time in the scale library.

3 5 7 9 12 15 4 5 ♭6 ♭7 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7 1 ♭2 3 4 ♭6 ♭7 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7 1 ♭2 4 5 ♭6 ♭7 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6
Harmony

Chords in B Phrygian dominant

Stack every other note of the scale from each degree and you get its chords. Open any of them in the chord library.

DegreeChordNotes
IB7B D♯ F♯ A
♭IICmaj7C E G B
iii°D♯°7D♯ F♯ A C
ivEm(maj7)E G B D♯
v°F♯m7♭5F♯ A C E
♭VI+Gmaj7♯5G B D♯ F♯
♭viiAm7A C E G
Context

Where B Phrygian dominant fits

Flamenco, Middle-Eastern music, klezmer and metal. Over the V7 of a minor key, or as a home sound over a major chord with a ♭9.

B Phrygian dominant is mode 5 of the harmonic minor family. The same notes played from each of its other degrees give the family's other modes:

Move one note by a half step and you get a different scale:

Phrygian dominant scale in every key

B Phrygian dominant scale questions

What notes are in the B Phrygian dominant scale?

B C D♯ E F♯ G A. As degrees from the root: 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7.

What is the B Phrygian dominant scale formula?

1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7, or in steps between the notes, H 1½ H W H W W (W is a whole step of two frets, H a half step of one fret, 1½ three frets).

How do you play the B Phrygian dominant scale on guitar?

This page draws every note of B Phrygian dominant up to the 16th fret, each named by its degree with the root as a ring. To learn it a few frets at a time, open it in the scale library and step through its five CAGED positions, from the A shape to the G shape to the E shape to the D shape to the C shape.

What chords are in the B Phrygian dominant scale?

B7 (I), Cmaj7 (♭II), D♯°7 (iii°), Em(maj7) (iv), F♯m7♭5 (v°), Gmaj7♯5 (♭VI+), Am7 (♭vii).

When is the B Phrygian dominant scale used?

Flamenco, Middle-Eastern music, klezmer and metal. Over the V7 of a minor key, or as a home sound over a major chord with a ♭9.