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B Phrygian dominant scale

It has 7 notes: B C D# E F# G A. Formula: 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7.

Degree1♭2345♭6♭7
NoteBCD#EF#GA

Patterns

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

Position 3Frets 1–5 · root B
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Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 2 (5), 3 (b6), 5 (b7)
  • B: 1 (b2), 4 (3), 5 (4)
  • G: 2 (b7), 4 (1)
  • D: 1 (3), 2 (4), 4 (5), 5 (b6)
  • A: 2 (1), 3 (b2)
  • E: 2 (5), 3 (b6), 5 (b7)
Position 4Frets 3–7 · root B
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Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 3 (b6), 5 (b7), 7 (1)
  • B: 4 (3), 5 (4), 7 (5)
  • G: 4 (1), 5 (b2)
  • D: 4 (5), 5 (b6), 7 (b7)
  • A: 3 (b2), 6 (3), 7 (4)
  • E: 3 (b6), 5 (b7), 7 (1)
Position 5Frets 6–10 · root B
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Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 7 (1), 8 (b2)
  • B: 7 (5), 8 (b6), 10 (b7)
  • G: 8 (3), 9 (4)
  • D: 7 (b7), 9 (1), 10 (b2)
  • A: 6 (3), 7 (4), 9 (5), 10 (b6)
  • E: 7 (1), 8 (b2)
3 notes per string, from the rootFrets 7–12 · root B
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Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 8 (b2), 11 (3), 12 (4)
  • B: 8 (b6), 10 (b7), 12 (1)
  • G: 8 (3), 9 (4), 11 (5)
  • D: 7 (b7), 9 (1), 10 (b2)
  • A: 7 (4), 9 (5), 10 (b6)
  • E: 7 (1), 8 (b2), 11 (3)
Position 1Frets 8–12 · root B
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Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 8 (b2), 11 (3), 12 (4)
  • B: 8 (b6), 10 (b7), 12 (1)
  • G: 8 (3), 9 (4), 11 (5)
  • D: 9 (1), 10 (b2)
  • A: 9 (5), 10 (b6), 12 (b7)
  • E: 8 (b2), 11 (3), 12 (4)
Position 2Frets 10–14 · root B
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Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 11 (3), 12 (4), 14 (5)
  • B: 10 (b7), 12 (1), 13 (b2)
  • G: 11 (5), 12 (b6)
  • D: 10 (b2), 13 (3), 14 (4)
  • A: 10 (b6), 12 (b7), 14 (1)
  • E: 11 (3), 12 (4), 14 (5)

Same notes, different home

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

Chords it fits

This scale in other keys

Other scales in B

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