Modes
E 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 C major, starting from its 3rd note.
- Notes
- EFGABCD
- Formula
- 1♭2♭345♭6♭7
- Steps
- HWWWHWW
How to play the E Phrygian scale
On guitar
e|-------------------------------1-3-5-| B|-------------------------1-3-5-------| G|-------------------0-2-4-------------| D|-------------0-2-3-------------------| A|-------0-2-3-------------------------| E|-0-1-3-------------------------------|
Position 1 · frets 0–5
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|-----------0-2-3-| E|-----0-1---------| C|-0-2-------------| G|---------0-------|
Position 1 · frets 0–3
All 7 positions with neck diagrams →Chords in the E Phrygian scale
Stack every other note of the scale to build a chord on each degree.
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