Phrygian mode

noun

Phrygian mode

noun
1

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music A mode whose scale is the same as a minor key with the second scale degree lowered by one half step, with the interval pattern

  • semitone - tone - tone - tone - semitone - tone - tone.
  • Starting on the note C, this produces a scale with the notes C, D♭, E♭, F, G, A♭, B♭, C
1 more example
  • {c'des'es'f'g'aes'bes'c}
Coordinate terms
Aeolian mode, Dorian mode, Ionian mode, Locrian mode, Lydian mode, Mixolydian mode

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