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Phrygian mode

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Examples

  • 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
  • {c'des'es'f'g'aes'bes'c}

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Translations

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  • Spanish: modo frigio — mode