About the B flat Spanish Heptatonic scale
B flat Spanish Heptatonic is the Spanish gypsy scale, a phrygian dominant filled out to eight notes. It's used for flamenco and Spanish-flavored music.
Positions
Playable shapes for this scale up the neck. Tap any note to hear it.
8-position system
8 four-fret boxes, one per scale degree, each a single hand position with almost no shifting. The jazz and classical way, from William Leavitt's Berklee method.
Notes and intervals
| 1 | B flat | Root |
| 2 | C flat | Minor 2nd |
| 3 | D flat | Minor 3rd |
| 4 | D | Major 3rd |
| 5 | E flat | Perfect 4th |
| 6 | F | Perfect 5th |
| 7 | G flat | Minor 6th |
| 8 | A flat | Minor 7th |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths
Related scales
Spanish Heptatonic in other keys
C Spanish Heptatonic D flat Spanish Heptatonic D Spanish Heptatonic E flat Spanish Heptatonic E Spanish Heptatonic F Spanish Heptatonic G flat Spanish Heptatonic G Spanish Heptatonic A flat Spanish Heptatonic A Spanish Heptatonic B Spanish Heptatonic
Modes
The same notes, starting on a different note.
