Use in Jazz
The Phrygian Dominant scale is commonly used in jazz. It is implemented in composition and improvisation primarily over altered dominant chords. Most commonly, it is used on dominant seven ♭9 chords and dominant seven ♭9 ♭13 chords. This is due to the fact that the scale contains the ♭9, major 3, ♭13 and ♭7 tones. Over those chords, the Phrygian Dominant scale is preferable to the commonly used Mixolydian scale and Altered scale due to matching chord tones.
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