Piano scale · Modes
E Phrygian scale on piano
How to play the E Phrygian scale on piano: the keys, the fingering for each hand and the notation.
Dark minor with a ♭2 that gives it a Spanish, flamenco and metal flavor.
Mode 3 of the major scale: the same notes as C major, starting from its 3rd note.
- Notes
- EFGABCD
- Formula
- 1♭2♭345♭6♭7
- Steps
- HWWWHWW
Piano
One octave, ascending · numbers are finger numbers
Suggested fingering
Right handE1F2G3A1B2C3D4E5
Where the finger numbers restart, tuck your thumb under so you never run out of fingers. Coming back down, use the same fingers in reverse. Finger numbers: 1 thumb · 2 index · 3 middle · 4 ring · 5 pinky.
Chords in the E Phrygian scale
Stack every other note of the scale to build a chord on each degree.
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