B Ultraphrygian Scale

4-string bass  ·  Mode III dbl harm.  ·  7 notes  ·  minor family

Notes

B
C
D
E♭
F♯
G
A♭

Solfège : Si – Do – Ré – Mi♭ – Fa♯ – Sol – La♭

Interval Structure

B ½T C T D ½T E♭ T+½T F♯ ½T G ½T A♭ B+oct. T+½T

Scale Chords (triads)

DegreeChord (in B)Quality
i Bm minor
ii Cm minor
III D?
IV+ E♭+ augmented
V F♯?
VI G Major
VII A♭ 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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Same scale in other keys