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Phrygian mode on guitar

A minor scale with a flat 2nd, one fret above the root. Dark and tense: metal riffs lean on that half step on the low E string, and flamenco uses it too. Its intervals are 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7, its steps H W W W H W W. Pick a key to see it on the whole neck, learn it position by position and hear it.

The Phrygian mode in every key
Key1♭2♭345♭6♭7
C PhrygianCD♭E♭FGA♭B♭
C♯ PhrygianC♯DEF♯G♯AB
D PhrygianDE♭FGAB♭C
E♭ PhrygianE♭F♭G♭A♭B♭C♭D♭
E PhrygianEFGABCD
F PhrygianFG♭A♭B♭CD♭E♭
F♯ PhrygianF♯GABC♯DE
G PhrygianGA♭B♭CDE♭F
G♯ PhrygianG♯ABC♯D♯EF♯
A PhrygianAB♭CDEFG
B♭ PhrygianB♭C♭D♭E♭FG♭A♭
B PhrygianBCDEF♯GA
A Phrygian modeon the whole neck: its positions, chords and sound
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Other scales

MajorMinorMinor pentatonicMajor pentatonicBluesDorianMixolydianLydianHarmonic minorMelodic minorPhrygian dominant

Every scale on one page: guitar scales. The Phrygian mode on bass, ukulele, mandolin and banjo.