Ab Ultraphrygian Scale
4-string bass · Mode III dbl harm. · 7 notes · minor family
Notes
A♭
B♭♭
C♭
D♭♭
E♭
F♭
G♭♭
Solfège : La♭ – Si♭♭ – Do♭ – Ré♭♭ – Mi♭ – Fa♭ – Sol♭♭
Interval Structure
A♭
½T
B♭♭
T
C♭
½T
D♭♭
T+½T
E♭
½T
F♭
½T
G♭♭
→
A♭+oct.
T+½T
Scale Chords (triads)
| Degree | Chord (in Ab) | Quality |
|---|---|---|
| i | A♭m | minor |
| ii | B♭♭m | minor |
| III | C♭? | — |
| IV+ | D♭♭+ | augmented |
| V | E♭? | — |
| VI | F♭ | Major |
| VII | G♭♭ | Major |
About this scale
Mode III of the double harmonic. A diminished fourth and a doubly flattened seventh are added to the Phrygian minor second: a dense scale, almost entirely chromatic in its lower half.
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