SCALE REFERENCE

D♯ Phrygian

D♯ – E – F♯ – G♯ – A♯ – B – C♯1 b2 b3 4 5 b6 b7

Also written E♭ 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 & degrees
D♯1Eb2F♯b3G♯4A♯5Bb6C♯b7
NotesD#, E, F#, G#, A#, B, C#
StepsH – W – W – W – H – W – W (W = whole, H = half)
Piano
EBD♯F♯G♯A♯C♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEF♯G♯A♯BC♯D♯EBBC♯D♯EF♯G♯A♯BGG♯A♯BC♯D♯EF♯DD♯EF♯G♯A♯BC♯AA♯BC♯D♯EF♯G♯EEF♯G♯A♯BC♯D♯E

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

357912AA♯BC♯D♯EF♯G♯EEF♯G♯A♯BC♯D♯ECC♯D♯EF♯G♯A♯BGG♯A♯BC♯D♯EF♯

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
iD♯mD♯m7
♭IIEEmaj7
♭IIIF♯F♯7
ivG♯mG♯m7
v°A♯dimA♯m7♭5
♭VIBBmaj7
♭viiC♯mC♯m7

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

iD♯m♭IIE♭IIIF♯ivG♯mv°A♯dim♭VIB♭viiC♯m
Other scales on D♯

Core scales & modes

D♯ MajorD♯ Natural MinorD♯ Harmonic MinorD♯ Melodic MinorD♯ DorianD♯ LydianD♯ MixolydianD♯ Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

D♯ Major PentatonicD♯ Minor PentatonicD♯ BluesD♯ Major Blues

Jazz & altered

D♯ Harmonic MajorD♯ Phrygian DominantD♯ Lydian DominantD♯ AlteredD♯ Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

D♯ Whole ToneD♯ Diminished (Whole–Half)D♯ Diminished (Half–Whole)D♯ Augmented Scale

World & exotic

D♯ Hungarian MinorD♯ Double Harmonic MajorD♯ Neapolitan Minor
Phrygian on another root
CC♯DE♭D♯EFF♯GG♯AB♭A♯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.