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
- D♯EF♯G♯A♯BC♯
- Formula
- 1♭2♭345♭6♭7
- Steps
- HWWWHWW
How to play the D♯ Phrygian scale
On guitar
e|----------------------------------------------12-14-16-| B|-------------------------------------12-14-16----------| G|----------------------------11-13-15-------------------| D|-------------------11-13-14----------------------------| A|----------11-13-14-------------------------------------| E|-11-12-14----------------------------------------------|
Position 1 · frets 11–16
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|-----------1-2-4-| E|-------2---------| C|-1-3-4-----------| G|---------1-------|
Position 1 · frets 1–4
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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