C Ultraphrygian Scale
4-string bass · Mode III dbl harm. · 7 notes · minor family
Notes
C
D♭
E♭
F♭
G
A♭
B♭♭
Solfège : Do – Ré♭ – Mi♭ – Fa♭ – Sol – La♭ – Si♭♭
Interval Structure
C
½T
D♭
T
E♭
½T
F♭
T+½T
G
½T
A♭
½T
B♭♭
→
C+oct.
T+½T
Scale Chords (triads)
| Degree | Chord (in C) | Quality |
|---|---|---|
| i | Cm | minor |
| ii | D♭m | minor |
| III | E♭? | — |
| IV+ | F♭+ | augmented |
| V | G? | — |
| VI | A♭ | Major |
| VII | B♭♭ | 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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