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
- C♯DEF♯G♯AB
- Formula
- 1♭2♭345♭6♭7
- Steps
- HWWWHWW
How to play the C♯ Phrygian scale
On guitar
e|----------------------------------------------10-12-14-| B|-------------------------------------10-12-14----------| G|----------------------------9--11-13-------------------| D|-------------------9--11-12----------------------------| A|----------9--11-12-------------------------------------| E|-9--10-12----------------------------------------------|
Position 1 · frets 9–14
All 7 positions with neck diagrams →On piano
Right hand: 3 1 2 3 4 1 2 3
Fingering for both hands & notation →On ukulele
A|-------------2-4-| E|-------2---------| C|-1-2-4-----------| G|---------1-2-----|
Position 1 · frets 1–4
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.
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