Bb 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 Bb)Quality
i B♭m minor
ii C♭m 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