SCALE REFERENCE

E Phrygian Dominant

E – F – G♯ – A – B – C – D1 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
E1Fb2G♯3A4B5Cb6Db7
NotesE, F, G#, A, B, C, D
Steps1 – 3 – 1 – 2 – 1 – 2 – 2 (semitones)
Also calledSpanish Gypsy, Freygish
Piano
EFABCDG♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEFG♯ABCDEBBCDEFG♯ABGG♯ABCDEFDDEFG♯ABCDAABCDEFG♯AEEFG♯ABCDE

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

357912AABCDEFG♯AEEFG♯ABCDECCDEFG♯ABCGG♯ABCDEF

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
IEE7
♭IIFFmaj7
iii°G♯dimG♯dim7
ivAmAm(maj7)
v°BdimBm7♭5
♭VI+CaugCmaj7♯5
♭viiDmDm7

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

IE♭IIFiii°G♯dimivAmv°Bdim♭VI+Caug♭viiDm
Other scales on E

Core scales & modes

E MajorE Natural MinorE Harmonic MinorE Melodic MinorE DorianE PhrygianE LydianE MixolydianE Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

E Major PentatonicE Minor PentatonicE BluesE Major Blues

Jazz & altered

E Harmonic MajorE Lydian DominantE AlteredE Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

E Whole ToneE Diminished (Whole–Half)E Diminished (Half–Whole)E Augmented Scale

World & exotic

E Hungarian MinorE Double Harmonic MajorE 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.