Also written A♯ Phrygian — the same pitches spelled the other way.
Minor with a flat 2nd — dark and Spanish-tinged. The 3rd mode of the major scale.
| Notes | Bb, Cb, Db, Eb, F, Gb, Ab |
|---|---|
| Steps | H – W – W – W – H – W – W (W = whole, H = half) |
Root notes are red. The full map of the scale on the guitar neck; the common box patterns are groups of these notes.
The same scale on a ukulele in standard G–C–E–A tuning.
| Degree | Triad | 7th chord |
|---|---|---|
| i | B♭m | B♭m7 |
| ♭II | C♭ | C♭maj7 |
| ♭III | D♭ | D♭7 |
| iv | E♭m | E♭m7 |
| v° | Fdim | Fm7♭5 |
| ♭VI | G♭ | G♭maj7 |
| ♭vii | A♭m | A♭m7 |
These are the chords built by stacking scale notes in thirds. Click through for each chord's own diagrams:
See the diatonic chords with audio in the Scale & Chord Finder, find where a key sits among the others on the Circle of Fifths, or start the free Cloud Atelier music guides.