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Bb Phrygian dominant scale

It has 7 notes: Bb Cb D Eb F Gb Ab. Formula: 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7.

Degree1♭2345♭6♭7
NoteBbCbDEbFGbAb

Patterns

Strings run like tab: high e on top. Numbers are scale degrees; amber dots are the root.

Position 3Open position, frets 0–4 · root Bb
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Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 1 (5), 2 (b6), 4 (b7)
  • B: 0 (b2), 3 (3), 4 (4)
  • G: 1 (b7), 3 (1)
  • D: 0 (3), 1 (4), 3 (5), 4 (b6)
  • A: 1 (1), 2 (b2)
  • E: 1 (5), 2 (b6), 4 (b7)
Position 4Frets 2–6 · root Bb
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Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 2 (b6), 4 (b7), 6 (1)
  • B: 3 (3), 4 (4), 6 (5)
  • G: 3 (1), 4 (b2)
  • D: 3 (5), 4 (b6), 6 (b7)
  • A: 2 (b2), 5 (3), 6 (4)
  • E: 2 (b6), 4 (b7), 6 (1)
Position 5Frets 5–9 · root Bb
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Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 6 (1), 7 (b2)
  • B: 6 (5), 7 (b6), 9 (b7)
  • G: 7 (3), 8 (4)
  • D: 6 (b7), 8 (1), 9 (b2)
  • A: 5 (3), 6 (4), 8 (5), 9 (b6)
  • E: 6 (1), 7 (b2)
3 notes per string, from the rootFrets 6–11 · root Bb
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Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 7 (b2), 10 (3), 11 (4)
  • B: 7 (b6), 9 (b7), 11 (1)
  • G: 7 (3), 8 (4), 10 (5)
  • D: 6 (b7), 8 (1), 9 (b2)
  • A: 6 (4), 8 (5), 9 (b6)
  • E: 6 (1), 7 (b2), 10 (3)
Position 1Frets 7–11 · root Bb
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Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 7 (b2), 10 (3), 11 (4)
  • B: 7 (b6), 9 (b7), 11 (1)
  • G: 7 (3), 8 (4), 10 (5)
  • D: 8 (1), 9 (b2)
  • A: 8 (5), 9 (b6), 11 (b7)
  • E: 7 (b2), 10 (3), 11 (4)
Position 2Frets 9–13 · root Bb
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Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 10 (3), 11 (4), 13 (5)
  • B: 9 (b7), 11 (1), 12 (b2)
  • G: 10 (5), 11 (b6)
  • D: 9 (b2), 12 (3), 13 (4)
  • A: 9 (b6), 11 (b7), 13 (1)
  • E: 10 (3), 11 (4), 13 (5)

Same notes, different home

These scales use exactly the same notes, centered on a different root.

Chords it fits

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