G Ultraphrygian Scale

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

Notes

G
A♭
B♭
C♭
D
E♭
F♭

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

Interval Structure

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

Scale Chords (triads)

DegreeChord (in G)Quality
i Gm minor
ii A♭m minor
III B♭?
IV+ C♭+ augmented
V D?
VI E♭ Major
VII F♭ 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