Guitar UpscaleMoorish Phrygian scale on guitar
Moorish Phrygian is Phrygian with an added major third and major seventh, nine notes for Spanish and Arabic lines.
| Notes in A | A Bb C C# D E F G G# |
|---|---|
| Formula | 1 b2 b3 3 4 5 b6 b7 7 |
| Steps | H W H H W H W H H (W whole step, H half step) |
| Note count | 9 |
| Style in the app | Various Exotic, scale "Moorish Phrygian" |
Play the A Moorish Phrygian scale on the fretboard in Guitar Upscale
About the Moorish Phrygian scale
The notes are root, flat 2nd, flat 3rd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, flat 6th, flat 7th and 7th.
With both 3rds and both 7ths, it covers the Phrygian and harmonic minor sounds at once.
Use the extra notes as passing notes in long flamenco style runs.
Intervals from the root
| Degree | Interval | Semitones | In A |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Root | 0 | A |
| b2 | Minor 2nd | 1 | Bb |
| b3 | Minor 3rd | 3 | C |
| 3 | Major 3rd | 4 | C# |
| 4 | Perfect 4th | 5 | D |
| 5 | Perfect 5th | 7 | E |
| b6 | Minor 6th | 8 | F |
| b7 | Minor 7th | 10 | G |
| 7 | Major 7th | 11 | G# |
Same notes, another starting note
Start the A Moorish Phrygian scale on another of its notes and you get these scales:
- From degree 4 (D): D Harmonic Minor Bebop with a Raised Fourth scale
Moorish Phrygian scale in every key
| Key | Notes | Play it |
|---|---|---|
| C | C Db Eb E F G Ab Bb B | Open |
| C# | C# D E E# F# G# A B B# | Open |
| D | D Eb F F# G A Bb C C# | Open |
| Eb | Eb Fb Gb G Ab Bb Cb Db D | Open |
| E | E F G G# A B C D D# | Open |
| F | F Gb Ab A Bb C Db Eb E | Open |
| F# | F# G A A# B C# D E E# | Open |
| G | G Ab Bb B C D Eb F F# | Open |
| G# | G# A B B# C# D# E F# G | Open |
| A | A Bb C C# D E F G G# | Open |
| Bb | Bb Cb Db D Eb F Gb Ab A | Open |
| B | B C D D# E F# G A A# | Open |