Phrygian scale
The flat second separates Phrygian from every other minor mode, a half step sitting directly above the root.
- Used for
- Flamenco, metal riffs and film cues that need menace or mystery.
- Formula
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Steps H W W W H W W Semitones 1-2-2-2-1-2-2 Degrees 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7 - Relationships
- It is the third mode of the Major scale.
- Also called
- Inverted Major, Bhairavi, and Hanumatodi.
Phrygian in all 12 keys
Pick a key to see it on the piano, or jump straight to the guitar view.
- C C Phrygian scale piano guitar
- D flat Db Phrygian scale piano guitar
- D D Phrygian scale piano guitar
- E flat Eb Phrygian scale piano guitar
- E E Phrygian scale piano guitar
- F F Phrygian scale piano guitar
- G flat Gb Phrygian scale piano guitar
- G G Phrygian scale piano guitar
- A flat Ab Phrygian scale piano guitar
- A A Phrygian scale piano guitar
- B flat Bb Phrygian scale piano guitar
- B B Phrygian scale piano guitar
