Guitar UpscaleAeolian + Phrygian scale on guitar
This eight note minor scale joins natural minor and Phrygian, so it has both the 2nd and the flat 2nd.
| Notes in A | A Bb B C D E F G |
|---|---|
| Formula | 1 b2 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7 |
| Steps | H H H W W H W W (W whole step, H half step) |
| Note count | 8 |
| Style in the app | Minor, scale "Aeolian + Phrygian" |
Play the A Aeolian + Phrygian scale on the fretboard in Guitar Upscale
About the Aeolian + Phrygian scale
The notes are root, flat 2nd, 2nd, flat 3rd, 4th, 5th, flat 6th and flat 7th.
Most of the time the music sounds like natural minor. The flat 2nd comes in for a dark Phrygian turn, often as a major chord a half step above the root.
Film scores and heavy songs move between the two modes like this. Play natural minor and swap the 2nd for the flat 2nd where the chord asks for it.
Intervals from the root
| Degree | Interval | Semitones | In A |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Root | 0 | A |
| b2 | Minor 2nd | 1 | Bb |
| 2 | Major 2nd | 2 | B |
| b3 | Minor 3rd | 3 | C |
| 4 | Perfect 4th | 5 | D |
| 5 | Perfect 5th | 7 | E |
| b6 | Minor 6th | 8 | F |
| b7 | Minor 7th | 10 | G |
Same notes, another starting note
Start the A Aeolian + Phrygian scale on another of its notes and you get these scales:
- From degree b2 (Bb): Bb Lydian + b2 scale
- From degree b3 (C): C Bebop Dominant scale
- From degree 4 (D): D Aeolian + Dorian scale
- From degree 5 (E): E Locrian with a Natural Fifth scale
- From degree b6 (F): F Ichikosucho scale
- From degree b7 (G): G Bebop Minor scale
Aeolian + Phrygian scale in every key
| Key | Notes | Play it |
|---|---|---|
| C | C Db D Eb F G Ab Bb | Open |
| C# | C# D D# E F# G# A B | Open |
| D | D Eb E F G A Bb C | Open |
| Eb | Eb Fb F Gb Ab Bb Cb Db | Open |
| E | E F F# G A B C D | Open |
| F | F Gb G Ab Bb C Db Eb | Open |
| F# | F# G G# A B C# D E | Open |
| G | G Ab A Bb C D Eb F | Open |
| G# | G# A A# B C# D# E F# | Open |
| A | A Bb B C D E F G | Open |
| Bb | Bb Cb C Db Eb F Gb Ab | Open |
| B | B C C# D E F# G A | Open |