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E Phrygian dominantScale

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Formula

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

E Phrygian dominant on the chromatic circle

E 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 AI Harmonic minor 5 BII Locrian ♮6 ♭6 CIII Ionian ♯5 ♭7 DIV Dorian ♯4 1 EV Phrygian dominant ♭2 FVI Lydian ♯2 3 G♯VII Altered 𝄫7 E Phrygian dominant
The whole neck

E 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 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7 1 ♭2 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 5 ♭6 ♭7 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7 1 ♭2
Harmony

Chords in E 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
IE7E G♯ B D
♭IIFmaj7F A C E
iii°G♯°7G♯ B D F
ivAm(maj7)A C E G♯
v°Bm7♭5B D F A
♭VI+Cmaj7♯5C E G♯ B
♭viiDm7D F A C
Context

Where E 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.

E 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

E Phrygian dominant scale questions

What notes are in the E Phrygian dominant scale?

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

What is the E 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 E Phrygian dominant scale on guitar?

This page draws every note of E 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 E shape to the D shape to the C shape to the A shape to the G shape.

What chords are in the E Phrygian dominant scale?

E7 (I), Fmaj7 (♭II), G♯°7 (iii°), Am(maj7) (iv), Bm7♭5 (v°), Cmaj7♯5 (♭VI+), Dm7 (♭vii).

When is the E 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.