SCALE REFERENCE

C Phrygian Dominant

C – D♭ – E – F – G – A♭ – B♭1 b2 3 4 5 b6 b7

A major 3rd over a flat 2nd and 6th — the sound of flamenco, klezmer and metal. The 5th mode of harmonic minor.

Notes & degrees
C1D♭b2E3F4G5A♭b6B♭b7
NotesC, Db, E, F, G, Ab, Bb
Steps1 – 3 – 1 – 2 – 1 – 2 – 2 (semitones)
Also calledSpanish Gypsy, Freygish
Piano
CEFGD♭A♭B♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEFGA♭B♭CD♭EBCD♭EFGA♭B♭GGA♭B♭CD♭EFGDEFGA♭B♭CD♭AB♭CD♭EFGA♭EEFGA♭B♭CD♭E

Root notes are red. The full map of the scale on the guitar neck; the common box patterns are groups of these notes.

357912AB♭CD♭EFGA♭EEFGA♭B♭CD♭ECCD♭EFGA♭B♭CGGA♭B♭CD♭EFG

The same scale on a ukulele in standard G–C–E–A tuning.

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
ICC7
♭IID♭D♭maj7
iii°EdimEdim7
ivFmFm(maj7)
v°GdimGm7♭5
♭VI+A♭augA♭maj7♯5
♭viiB♭mB♭m7

These are the chords built by stacking scale notes in thirds. Click through for each chord's own diagrams:

IC♭IID♭iii°EdimivFmv°Gdim♭VI+A♭aug♭viiB♭m
Other scales on C

Core scales & modes

C MajorC Natural MinorC Harmonic MinorC Melodic MinorC DorianC PhrygianC LydianC MixolydianC Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

C Major PentatonicC Minor PentatonicC BluesC Major Blues

Jazz & altered

C Harmonic MajorC Lydian DominantC AlteredC Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

C Whole ToneC Diminished (Whole–Half)C Diminished (Half–Whole)C Augmented Scale

World & exotic

C Hungarian MinorC Double Harmonic MajorC Neapolitan Minor
Phrygian Dominant on another root
CC♯DE♭EFF♯GG♯AB♭B
Keep exploring

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.