What scale has a flat 7th?

The Mixolydian Mode — the 5th mode of the major scale
The characteristic note is the flat 7th – this is what distinguishes it from the major scale.
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What is D major scale with flat 7?

The D flat Major 7 chord (also written as Db Maj 7) contains the notes Db, F, Ab and C. It is produced by taking the root, 3rd, 5th and 7th of the Db Major scale. It is essentially a D flat Major chord, with the 7th note of the Major scale added.
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Does a minor scale have a flat 7?

While a natural minor scale has a flat seventh, or minor seventh, the harmonic minor scale has a natural seventh. Compare the two scales to see the difference. For example, the E natural minor scale consists of the following notes: E-F♯-G-A-B-C-D.
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What is the 7th mode of major scale?

The Locrian Mode. The Locrian mode is the oddest mode of the major scale, and may not have many practical uses. The notes in it are: B, C, D, E, F, G, and A.
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What are the 7 scales?

In Western music, there are seven such scales, and they are commonly known as the modes of the major scale (Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, and Locrian).
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What is a flat 7 chord in major key?

The so-called flat-seventh or bVII is a most peculiar chord, especially in the context of a major key. It is rooted on the pitch that is one whole step below the 1st degree of the actual key. That is why it is also known as the subtonic.
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Which scale has all flats?

G-Flat Major Scale

G-Flat major has six flats, meaning every note in this scale is flat except for F. (G-flat, A-flat, B-flat, C-flat, D-flat, E-flat).
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What flats are in F minor scale?

Like the diatonic F-minor scale, the F-minor key signature includes four flats: B, E, A, and D.
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Is Phrygian a scale?

The Phrygian Scale (or mode) is the third of the modal scales. The Phrygian scales are related to the Major scales: E Phrygian corresponds to C Major played from the E note, A Phrygian corresponds to F Major played from the A note and so on (all relations are listed below).
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What scale has b7?

The Lydian Dominant Scale is often referred to as the Lydian b7 Scale, but goes also under the names Acoustic Scale, Overtone Scale as well as Bartok Scale (from the Hungarian composer Béla Bartók who used the scale).
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What are the notes of AC Phrygian scale?

The notes of the C Phrygian scale are C Db Eb F G Ab Bb. It's key signature has 4 flats.
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What is the flat 7 in C major?

In the key of C major, a ♭VII chord would be B♭ (B♭-D-F) or B♭7 (B♭-D-F-A♭) borrowed from the parallel minor scale of C minor. The ♭VII chord appears in chord progressions in many ways.
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What scale has flat 3rd and flat 7th?

The dorian mode is characterized by a flat-3 and flat-7. It's a brighter sounding minor tonality, compared to the common relative minor Aeolian mode.
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What notes are in G major scale?

There are seven notes in the G major scale:
  • G.
  • A.
  • B.
  • C.
  • D.
  • E.
  • F#
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What scale has a flat 5th?

The flat 5th can be added to many different scales, but possibly the most common use is in the minor pentatonic... This hybrid scale is what we often call the 'blues scale' (although that is not a precise term!)
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How many flat scales are there?

They are listed on every line of music, which signifies what key the composer has chosen. There is a key signature for each scale in minor and major scale. There are in total of seven flats and sharps, the flat looks like a "b" and the sharp looks like a "#".
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What scale has a flat 3rd?

3.2 Minor Key Signatures

Since the C natural minor scale had E , A , and B , the key signature of C minor has three flats, written in the order of flats— B , E , A .
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Is there a key with 7 flats?

Scales with flat key signatures

There can be up to seven flats in a key signature, applied as: B♭ E♭ A♭ D♭ G♭ C♭ F♭ The major scale with one flat is F major.
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What is flat 7 in G?

The Gb7 (G flat dominant 7) chord contains the notes Gb, Bb, Db and Fb. It is produced by taking the root (1), 3, 5 and b7 of the Gb Major scale. It is essentially a Gb chord, with an added flat 7. Gb7 is most commonly played with the root note on the 2d fret of the 6th string.
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What is a flat 9 scale?

The Ab9 (A flat 9) chord contains the notes Ab, C, Eb, Gb and Bb. It is produced by taking the 1 (root), 3, 5, b7 and 9 of the Ab Major scale. The 9th note of the scale (Bb) is the same as the 2nd note, but we refer to it as a 9, as this implies that the chord is a dominant 7 chord (1, 3, 5, 7) with a 9 included.
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What is the 4 flat scale?

A Flat Major Key Signature

The key signature of A flat major scale has 4 flats: B♭, E♭, A♭ and D♭. A flat major scale is the relative major of F minor scale.
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What major scale has flat 9?

Romanian major, also known as lydian dominant flat 2 or flat 9, is a musical scale, noted for its flattened 2nd and sharpened fourth degrees, the latter a distinctive feature of Romanian traditional music. A C Romanian major scale has the notes C, D♭, E, F♯, G, A, B♭, which is 1, ♭2, 3, ♯4, 5, 6, ♭7.
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