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Fig. 1 · Eb Phrygian on the keyboard

piano scale

E♭ Phrygian

E♭1F♭♭2G♭♭3A♭4B♭5C♭♭6D♭♭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 D♯ Phrygian.

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Written out

Fig. 2 · Eb 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

E♭HF♭WG♭WA♭WB♭HC♭WD♭WE♭

What is true of it

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

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

It costs 7 alterations to write — near the limit of what a key signature can carry.

On the same tonic, E♭ natural minor differs from it by exactly one note.

Chords made only of these notes

D♭mminorD♭m7minor seventhE♭mminorE♭m7minor seventhG♭majorG♭7dominant seventhA♭mminorA♭m7minor seventh

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

Other scales on E♭

E♭ DorianmodeE♭ LydianmodeE♭ MixolydianmodeE♭ majormajorE♭ natural minorminorE♭ harmonic minorminor

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