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Fig. 1 · D# Phrygian on the keyboard

piano scale

D♯ Phrygian

D♯1E♭2F♯♭3G♯4A♯5B♭6C♯♭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 E♭ Phrygian.

on guitaron ukulele

Written out

Fig. 2 · D# 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

D♯HEWF♯WG♯WA♯HBWC♯WD♯

What is true of it

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

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

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

Chords made only of these notes

C♯mminorC♯m7minor seventhD♯mminorD♯m7minor seventhEmajorEmaj7major seventhF♯majorF♯7dominant seventh

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

Other scales on D♯

D♯ DorianmodeD♯ LydianmodeD♯ MixolydianmodeD♯ majormajorD♯ natural minorminorD♯ harmonic minorminor

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