G 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

GCEAGA♭B♭CDE♭FGCDE♭FGA♭B♭CFGA♭B♭CDE♭B♭CDE♭FGA♭0123456789101112

Position from fret 6

GCEADE♭FGA♭B♭B♭CDE♭FG678910

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
1Groot
2A♭ (A flat)minor second
3B♭ (B flat)minor third
4Cperfect fourth
5Dperfect fifth
6E♭ (E flat)minor sixth
7Fminor 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 E flat major scale, starting from another degree.

Chords of the scale

Triads built on each degree:

  1. Gmi
  2. A♭II
  3. B♭III
  4. Cmiv
  5. Ddimv°
  6. E♭VI
  7. Fmvii

Other G scales

The same scale in other keys