Scale Lesson

• Music Theory
• Piano Chords
• Piano Chords in the Key of C
• Piano Chords in the Key of D
• Piano Chords in the Key of E
• Piano Chords in the Key of F
• Piano Chords in the Key of G
• Piano Chords in the Key of A
• Piano Chords in the Key of B
• Guitar Chords
• Guitar Chords in the Key of C
• Guitar Chords in the Key of D
• Guitar Chords in the Key of E
• Guitar Chords in the Key of F
• Guitar Chords in the Key of G
• Guitar Chords in the Key of A
• Guitar Chords in the Key of B
• Scale Lessons
• Chinese scale (Major Pentatonic scale)
• Oriental (Arabic) scale
• Indian scale
• Spanish scale
• Gypsy scale
• Natural minor scale (Aeorian Mode)
• Harmonic minor scale
• Melodic minor scale
• Major scale (Ionian Mode)
• Dorian scale
• Phrygian scale
• Lydian scale
• Mixolydian scale
• Locrian scale

Phrygian Scale

This lecture is the Phrygian Scale which is one of the Church mode.

Phrygian scale is the Natural minor scale with a lowered 2nd.

Phrygian Scale

	C		D		E	F		G		A		B
C Phrygian Scale	♪	♪		♪		♪		♪	♪		♪
C Natural Minor Scale	♪		♪	♪		♪		♪	♪		♪

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Triads and Seventh Chords

Phrygian scale has the following triads and 7th chords.

Triad in the A Phrygian Scale

Triad	Am	Bb	C	Dm	Em(b5)	F	Gm
Degree Names	Im	bII	bIII	IVm	Vm(b5)	bVI	bVIIm

Seventh Chord in the A Phrygian Scale

7th Chord	Am7	BbM7	C7	Dm7	Em7(b5)	FM7	Gm7
Degree Names	Im7	bIIM7	bIII7	IVm7	Vm7(b5)	bVIM7	bVIIm7

Let's listen to the sample song using the Phrygian scale.

I cherish the feeling, so the sample song on the pages of scale lectures are made roughly. The Phrygian scale is melodious scale and often used by a guitarists of hard rock.

Let's listen to another song. This is also the song using Phrygian scale.　

This song is also quite simple.　The sound progresses based on the chords of I-II-III-IV scale step.