Modes
A Phrygian scale
Dark minor with a ♭2 that gives it a Spanish, flamenco and metal flavor.
Mode 3 of the major scale: the same notes as F major, starting from its 3rd note.
- Notes
- AB♭CDEFG
- Formula
- 1♭2♭345♭6♭7
- Steps
- HWWWHWW
How to play the A Phrygian scale
On guitar
e|----------------------------------------------6--8--10-| B|-------------------------------------6--8--10----------| G|----------------------------5--7--9--------------------| D|-------------------5--7--8-----------------------------| A|----------5--7--8--------------------------------------| E|-5--6--8-----------------------------------------------|
Position 1 · frets 5–10
All 7 positions with neck diagrams →On piano
Right hand: 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5
Fingering for both hands & notation →On ukulele
A|-----------0-1-3-| E|-----0-1---------| C|-0-2-------------| G|---------0-------|
Position 1 · frets 0–3
All 7 positions with neck diagrams →Chords in the A Phrygian scale
Stack every other note of the scale to build a chord on each degree.
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