E 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

GCEAGABCDEFGCDEFGABCEFGABCDEABCDEFGA0123456789101112

Position from fret 3

GCEABCDEFGGABCDE34567

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
1Eroot
2Fminor second
3Gminor third
4Aperfect fourth
5Bperfect fifth
6Cminor sixth
7Dminor 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 C major scale, starting from another degree.

Chords of the scale

Triads built on each degree:

  1. Emi
  2. FII
  3. GIII
  4. Amiv
  5. Bdimv°
  6. CVI
  7. Dmvii

Other E scales

The same scale in other keys