Modes
B♭ 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 G♭ major, starting from its 3rd note.
- Notes
- B♭C♭D♭E♭FG♭A♭
- Formula
- 1♭2♭345♭6♭7
- Steps
- HWWWHWW
How to play the B♭ Phrygian scale
On guitar
e|----------------------------------------------7--9--11-| B|-------------------------------------7--9--11----------| G|----------------------------6--8--10-------------------| D|-------------------6--8--9-----------------------------| A|----------6--8--9--------------------------------------| E|-6--7--9-----------------------------------------------|
Position 1 · frets 6–11
All 7 positions with neck diagrams →On piano
Right hand: 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 4
Fingering for both hands & notation →On ukulele
A|-----------1-2-4-| E|-----1-2---------| C|-1-3-------------| G|---------1-------|
Position 1 · frets 1–4
All 7 positions with neck diagrams →Chords in the B♭ Phrygian scale
Stack every other note of the scale to build a chord on each degree.
♭II
C♭
C♭maj7
C♭ E♭ G♭
Sounds great over
