Guitar scales

Phrygian Mode – Guitar

A minor scale with a flat 2nd: the dark, Spanish and metal sound.

Formula: 1 – b2 – b3 – 4 – 5 – b6 – b7. The shapes are movable: learn them in one key and slide them to any other. Here it is in A, the most common key to learn it in.

A phrygian mode on the whole neck

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A Phrygian Mode on the whole neck, frets 0-15. Gold = the root (A).

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