Eb Phrygian ♭4 Scale

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

Notes

E♭
F♭
G♭
A♭♭
B♭
C♭
D♭

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

Interval Structure

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

Scale Chords (triads)

DegreeChord (in Eb)Quality
i E♭m minor
ii F♭m minor
III G♭ Major
IV+ A♭♭+ augmented
B♭° diminished
VI C♭ Major
vii° D♭° diminished

About this scale

Mode III of the harmonic major. Its diminished fourth, enharmonic with the major third, gives it a permanent major-minor ambiguity. Same pitch set as the Saba maqam, whose melancholy it shares.

See fretboard positions, piano and arpeggios for Eb Phrygian ♭4 in the interactive app.

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Same scale in other keys