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Fig. 1 · A# Phrygian on the keyboard

piano scale

A♯ Phrygian

A♯1B♭2C♯♭3D♯4E♯5F♯♭6G♯♭7

Minor with a flattened second — the half step right above the tonic is the whole character.

The same sounds spelled from the other side are B♭ Phrygian.

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Written out

Fig. 2 · A# Phrygian, ascending

Every accidental is written in, rather than left to a key signature, so the letters can be read one at a time.

The step pattern

A♯HBWC♯WD♯WE♯HF♯WG♯WA♯

What is true of it

A♯ Phrygian is A♯, B, C♯, D♯, E♯, F♯ and G♯, and back to A♯.

Its steps are H – W – W – W – H – W – W, where W is a whole step and H a half.

It costs 6 alterations to write — near the limit of what a key signature can carry.

On the same tonic, A♯ natural minor differs from it by exactly one note.

Chords made only of these notes

C♯majorC♯7dominant seventhD♯mminorD♯m7minor seventhF♯majorF♯maj7major seventhG♯mminorG♯m7minor seventh

Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 7 sounds, not chosen.

Other scales on A♯

A♯ DorianmodeA♯ LydianmodeA♯ MixolydianmodeA♯ majormajorA♯ natural minorminorA♯ harmonic minorminor

C phrC♯ phrD♭ phrD phrD♯ phrE♭ phrE phrF phrall 374