C sharp Phrygian mode on ukulele

The Phrygian mode is a minor scale with a minor second, a half step above the root. Its dark, Spanish color is heard in flamenco and metal.

On the whole neck

GCEAG♯ABC♯DEF♯C♯DEF♯G♯ABEF♯G♯ABC♯DEABC♯DEF♯G♯A0123456789101112

Open position

GCEAG♯ABC♯DEEF♯G♯ABC♯01234

Root notes are filled. Strings from the 4th (left on the full neck) to the 1st; the position starts from the root on the 3rd string, the lowest one.

Notes of the scale

DegreeNoteInterval
1C♯ (C sharp)root
2Dminor second
3Eminor third
4F♯ (F sharp)perfect fourth
5G♯ (G sharp)perfect fifth
6Aminor sixth
7Bminor seventh

Steps between notes: H – W – W – W – H – W – W (W = whole step, H = half step)

This mode uses the same notes as the A major scale, starting from another degree.

Chords of the scale

Triads built on each degree:

  1. C♯mi
  2. DII
  3. EIII
  4. F♯miv
  5. G♯dimv°
  6. AVI
  7. Bmvii

Other C♯ scales

The same scale in other keys