A Phrygian Dominant Ukulele Scale (mode)
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Standard Tuning (gCEA).
View this scale in: G-Tuning (DGBE)D-Tuning (ADF#B)Slack-key Tuning (gCEG)
The dominant Phrygian mode corresponds to the fifth mode of the harmonic minor scale. This mode can be used on a simple major chord, but is especially used in jazz, especially on a dominant seventh chord. This mode is constructed more or less in the same way as the Phrygian mode, with the difference being a major third while the Phrygian mode has a minor third.
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Diagram/Chart
Staff Line Notation
Scale details
- Type : Harmonic minor
- Number of notes : 7
- Formula : 1,b2,3,4,5,b6,b7
- Notes : A, B♭, D♭, D, E, F, G
- Intervals : H,WH,H,W,H,W,W
- Degrees : A (I - tonic), B♭ (II - supertonic), D♭ (III - mediant), D (IV - subdominant), E (V - dominant), F (VI - submediant), G (VII - leading tone)
Scale Positions
You'll find below the 5 different positions/shapes of the A Phrygian Dominant Uke scale in Standard Tuning (gCEA), along with their ascending tab patterns.
Position #1
Position #2
Position #3
Position #4
Position #5
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