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Bb Phrygian Mode on guitar

The Bb Phrygian Mode has 7 notes: Bb Cb Db Eb F Gb Ab. Its root Bb is also written A#.

NotesBb Cb Db Eb F Gb Ab
Formula1 b2 b3 4 5 b6 b7
StepsH W W W H W W (W whole step, H half step)
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Bb Phrygian Mode on the first 15 frets in standard tuning, thin e string on top. Highlighted circles mark the root, Bb.

Play the Bb Phrygian Mode on the fretboard in Guitar Upscale

About the Phrygian Mode

Phrygian is a minor mode with a flat second, the dark half step above the root heard in flamenco and metal riffs. More about the Phrygian Mode.

Notes of the Bb Phrygian Mode

DegreeIntervalNote
1RootBb
b2Minor 2ndCb
b3Minor 3rdDb
4Perfect 4thEb
5Perfect 5thF
b6Minor 6thGb
b7Minor 7thAb

Chords in the Bb Phrygian Mode

Stack every other note of the scale and you get one chord on each note. These chords sound at home with the scale, so they make good progressions.

DegreeTriadSeventh chord
iBbmBbm7
bIIBBmaj7
bIIIDbDb7
ivEbmEbm7
v°FdimFm7b5
bVIF#F#maj7
bviiG#mG#m7

Same notes, another starting note

Start the Bb Phrygian Mode on another of its notes and you get these scales:

Phrygian Mode in other keys