Guitar UpscaleSpanish Eight Tone scale on guitar
The Spanish eight tone scale is Phrygian with an added major third, the full sound of flamenco guitar.
| Notes in A | A Bb C C# D Eb E# G |
|---|---|
| Formula | 1 b2 b3 3 4 b5 #5 b7 |
| Steps | H W H H H W W W (W whole step, H half step) |
| Note count | 8 |
| Style in the app | Various Exotic, scale "Eight Tone Spanish" |
Play A Spanish Eight Tone on the fretboard in Guitar Upscale
About the Spanish Eight Tone scale
The notes are root, flat 2nd, flat 3rd, 3rd, 4th, flat 5th, flat 6th and flat 7th. It mixes Phrygian and Phrygian dominant.
Flamenco players switch between the minor and the major 3rd in the same phrase. This scale holds both.
Play it over the chord pair E to F, with E major as home.
Intervals from the root
| Degree | Interval | Semitones | In A |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Root | 0 | A |
| b2 | Minor 2nd | 1 | Bb |
| b3 | Minor 3rd | 3 | C |
| 3 | Major 3rd | 4 | C# |
| 4 | Perfect 4th | 5 | D |
| b5 | Tritone | 6 | Eb |
| #5 | Minor 6th | 8 | E# |
| b7 | Minor 7th | 10 | G |
Same notes, another starting note
Start the A Spanish Eight Tone scale on another of its notes and you get these scales:
- From degree b3 (C): C Adonai Malakh
Spanish Eight Tone in every key
| Key | Notes | Play it |
|---|---|---|
| C | C Db Eb E F Gb G# Bb | Open |
| C# | C# D E E# F# G A B | Open |
| D | D Eb F F# G Ab A# C | Open |
| Eb | Eb Fb Gb G Ab A B Db | Open |
| E | E F G G# A Bb B# D | Open |
| F | F Gb Ab A Bb Cb C# Eb | Open |
| F# | F# G A A# B C D E | Open |
| G | G Ab Bb B C Db D# F | Open |
| G# | G# A B B# C# D E F# | Open |
| A | A Bb C C# D Eb E# G | Open |
| Bb | Bb Cb Db D Eb Fb F# Ab | Open |
| B | B C D D# E F G A | Open |