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