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- The Phrygian Dominant scale is the 5th mode of the Harmonic Minor scale. So if we’re talking about the second mode of the Phrygian Dominant scale, we're essentially looking at:
- 🔹 What is the "Second Mode" of Phrygian Dominant?
- To find it, we take the Phrygian Dominant scale and build a mode starting from its second degree.
- Let’s walk through it step-by-step:
- Step 1: Define the Phrygian Dominant Scale
- Phrygian Dominant = 5th mode of Harmonic Minor.
- Example: E Phrygian Dominant is the 5th mode of A Harmonic Minor.
- E Phrygian Dominant:
- E - F - G♯ - A - B - C - D - E
- Step 2: Build the Second Mode (starting from F)
- Start from the second note (F) of that scale:
- F - G♯ - A - B - C - D - E
- Let’s analyze the intervals:
- F → G♯ = major 2nd (♯2)
- G♯ → A = minor 2nd (♭3)
- A → B = major 2nd (4)
- B → C = minor 2nd (♭5)
- C → D = major 2nd (♭6)
- D → E = major 2nd (♭7)
- E → F = minor 2nd (1)
- So the scale formula from F becomes:
- 1 - ♯2 - ♭3 - ♮4 - ♭5 - ♭6 - ♭7
- 🔹 Name of this Mode
- This mode doesn't have a widely used traditional name (like Dorian, Mixolydian, etc.), but it's sometimes referred to in jazz/metal/fusion contexts as:
- Ultralocrian ♯2
- Or Superlocrian ♯2
- Or simply Mode 6 of Harmonic Minor (because it matches the 6th mode of Harmonic Minor)
- It’s a highly dissonant, exotic-sounding scale, sometimes used over altered dominant chords or diminished contexts.
- Summary:
- The second mode of Phrygian Dominant is:
- 1 - ♯2 - ♭3 - ♮4 - ♭5 - ♭6 - ♭7
- It corresponds to the 6th mode of the Harmonic Minor scale
- It’s sometimes called Ultralocrian ♯2 or Superlocrian ♯2
- Let me know if you want fingerings, applications, or examples!
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