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)

DegreeChord (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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Same scale in other keys