About the A Phrygian Pentatonic scale
A Phrygian Pentatonic is a dark five-note scale with a flat second. It's used for flamenco-flavored and modal melodies.
Learn morePositions
Playable shapes for this scale up the neck. Tap any note to hear it.
Pentatonic boxes
The five shapes blues and rock are built on, the first scale most guitarists ever solo with, one box per note up the neck.
Notes and intervals
| 1 | A | Root |
| 2 | B flat | Minor 2nd |
| 3 | D | Perfect 4th |
| 4 | E | Perfect 5th |
| 5 | G | Minor 7th |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths
Related scales
Phrygian Pentatonic in other keys
C Phrygian Pentatonic D flat Phrygian Pentatonic D Phrygian Pentatonic E flat Phrygian Pentatonic E Phrygian Pentatonic F Phrygian Pentatonic G flat Phrygian Pentatonic G Phrygian Pentatonic A flat Phrygian Pentatonic B flat Phrygian Pentatonic B Phrygian Pentatonic
Modes
The same notes, starting on a different note.
