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Eb Phrygian Mode on guitar

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

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

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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 Eb Phrygian Mode

DegreeIntervalNote
1RootEb
b2Minor 2ndFb
b3Minor 3rdGb
4Perfect 4thAb
5Perfect 5thBb
b6Minor 6thCb
b7Minor 7thDb

Chords in the Eb 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
iEbmEbm7
bIIEEmaj7
bIIIF#F#7
ivG#mG#m7
v°BbdimBbm7b5
bVIBBmaj7
bviiC#mC#m7

Same notes, another starting note

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

Phrygian Mode in other keys