A Phrygian Scale on Piano
A Phrygian: A B♭ C D E F G. See every note on the piano keyboard, the scale formula and the chords that fit.
Notes
- Notes: A B♭ C D E F G
- Formula: 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7
- Steps (W whole, H half): H W W W H W W
Finding it on the keys
- A is the white key between the second and third of the three black keys
- White keys: A C D E F G
- Black keys: B♭
About the Phrygian scale
- Minor, with a dark ♭2 right above the root.
- Flamenco, metal riffs, tense film music.
- Lean on the ♭2 against the root for its sound.
Chords in A Phrygian
- i: Am
- ♭II: B♭
- ♭III: C
- iv: Dm
- v°: E°
- ♭VI: F
- ♭vii: Gm