Modes
D 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 B♭ major, starting from its 3rd note.
- Notes
- DE♭FGAB♭C
- Formula
- 1♭2♭345♭6♭7
- Steps
- HWWWHWW
How to play the D Phrygian scale
On guitar
e|----------------------------------------------11-13-15-| B|-------------------------------------11-13-15----------| G|----------------------------10-12-14-------------------| D|-------------------10-12-13----------------------------| A|----------10-12-13-------------------------------------| E|-10-11-13----------------------------------------------|
Position 1 · frets 10–15
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|-------1---------| C|-0-2-3-----------| G|---------0-------|
Position 1 · frets 0–3
All 7 positions with neck diagrams →Chords in the D Phrygian scale
Stack every other note of the scale to build a chord on each degree.
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