Modes
C 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 A♭ major, starting from its 3rd note.
- Notes
- CD♭E♭FGA♭B♭
- Formula
- 1♭2♭345♭6♭7
- Steps
- HWWWHWW
How to play the C Phrygian scale
On guitar
e|----------------------------------------------9--11-13-| B|-------------------------------------9--11-13----------| G|----------------------------8--10-12-------------------| D|-------------------8--10-11----------------------------| A|----------8--10-11-------------------------------------| E|-8--9--11----------------------------------------------|
Position 1 · frets 8–13
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|-------------1-3-| E|-------1---------| C|-0-1-3-----------| G|---------0-1-----|
Position 1 · frets 0–3
All 7 positions with neck diagrams →Chords in the C Phrygian scale
Stack every other note of the scale to build a chord on each degree.
Sounds great over
