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Phrygian mode
The Phrygian mode is minor with a flat second: E F G A B C D, the white keys from E. Every key's notes, on piano and guitar, played, MIDI and WAV to take.
Mika starts the Phrygian mode on E and comes home to E.Tap Hear it, or tap any note on the board.
E F G A B C D
The notes of the E Phrygian mode
E F G A B C D
Formula: 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7. Steps from note to note: 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 semitones (half, whole, whole, whole, half, whole, whole).
The notes of C major, started on its 3rd note. What makes it Phrygian: the flat second (F).
The Phrygian mode in all twelve keys
| Root | Notes |
|---|---|
| C | C D♭ E♭ F G A♭ B♭ |
| C♯ | C♯ D E F♯ G♯ A B |
| D | D E♭ F G A B♭ C |
| E♭ | E♭ F♭ G♭ A♭ B♭ C♭ D♭ |
| E | E F G A B C D |
| F | F G♭ A♭ B♭ C D♭ E♭ |
| F♯ | F♯ G A B C♯ D E |
| G | G A♭ B♭ C D E♭ F |
| G♯ | G♯ A B C♯ D♯ E F♯ |
| A | A B♭ C D E F G |
| B♭ | B♭ C♭ D♭ E♭ F G♭ A♭ |
| B | B C D E F♯ G A |
The dark, Spanish-sounding mode
The half step from the root up to the ♭2 gives Phrygian its tension: it is the sound of flamenco (with the 3rd raised, Phrygian dominant), of metal riffs that lean on E and F, and of a lot of film music. Over an E minor chord, play F instead of F♯ and you are in E Phrygian.
More scales
Major scale Minor scale Pentatonic scale Chromatic scale Minor pentatonic scale Melodic minor scale
How this page works
Hear it plays the scale up and down at 100 BPM on one of four Brumm sounds. Take it gives the same notes as a MIDI file and a WAV. − and + move the root. Every note here is computed from the formula.
Sources
Scales and modes: Open Music Theory, musictheory.net. Piano fingerings: the standard scale-book fingerings (ABRSM scale books; Hanon, The Virtuoso Pianist, part 3). Trumpet valves: the standard B♭ trumpet fingering chart (Yamaha, Bach). Hz: A4 = 440 Hz, ISO 16.
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