A Phrygian Banjo Scale, Chords & Progressions

The A Phrygian scale on banjo: scale shapes, chords and progressions, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: A Bb C D E F G

Tuning: Standard (G D G B D)

Basic Chords

Scale shapes

4NPS - Fifth Position

D|--7---8--10--12--14--15-|
B|--2---3---5---7---------|
G|--3---5---7---9---------|
D|--6---8--10--11---------|
G|-10--12--14--15---------|

4NPS - Sixth Position

D|--7---8--10--12--14--15--17-|
B|--3---5---7---8-------------|
G|--5---7---9--10-------------|
D|--8--10--11--13-------------|
G|-12--14--15--17-------------|

4NPS - Seventh Position

D|--7---8--10--12--14--15--17--19-|
B|--5---7---8--10-----------------|
G|--7---9--10--12-----------------|
D|-10--11--13--15-----------------|
G|-14--15--17--19-----------------|

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Am	A C E	`7 7 5 5 7`
II	Bb	Bb D F	`x 0 3 3 3`
II	Bb	Bb D F	`x 3 3 3 0`
II	Bb	Bb D F	`x x 3 3 3`
II	Bb	Bb D F	`x x x 3 3`
III	C	C E G	`0 2 0 1 2`
III	C	C E G	`0 2 0 1 5`
III	C	C E G	`0 2 5 5 2`
III	C	C E G	`0 2 5 5 5`
IV	Dm	D F A	`12 12 10 10 12`
V	Edim	E G Bb	`0 2 3 x x`
V	Edim	E G Bb	`x 2 3 x x`
V	Edim	E G Bb	`0 2 3 5 2`
V	Edim	E G Bb	`0 2 3 5 5`
VI	F	F A C	`10 10 10 10 10`
VII	Gm	G Bb D	`0 0 0 x x`
VII	Gm	G Bb D	`0 0 x x x`
VII	Gm	G Bb D	`x 0 0 x x`
VII	Gm	G Bb D	`x x 0 3 0`

Arpeggios

Chords: Am – Bb – C – Dm – Edim – F – Gm

D|--------------------10------------------------------------------|--------------------3---7---3-----------------------------------|
B|5-----------8---10------10--6---------------5-----------8---10--|3-----------1---3---------------3-------------------3-----------|
G|5---5---9-----------------------9---5-------5---5---9-----------|2-------2---------------------------3---2-----------2-------2---|
D|7---------------------------------------7---7-------------------|0---3---------------------------------------3---0---0---3-------|
G|7-------------------------------------------7-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

D|--------------------5-------------------------------------------|--------------------15------------------------------------------|
B|5-----------3---5-------5---1---------------5-----------3---5---|10----------13--15------15--11--------------10----------13--15--|
G|0---0---3-----------------------3---0-------0---0---3-----------|10--10--14----------------------14--10------10--10--14----------|
D|2---------------------------------------2---2-------------------|12--------------------------------------12--12------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|12------------------------------------------12------------------|

D|--------------------5-------------------------------------------|--------------------14--17--14----------------------------------|
B|5-----------3---5-------5---1---------------5-----------3---5---|8-----------11--13--------------13------------------8-----------|
G|0---0---3-----------------------3---0-------0---0---3-----------|9-------12--------------------------14--12----------9-------12--|
D|2---------------------------------------2---2-------------------|10--14--------------------------------------14--10--10--14------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|10--------------------------------------------------10----------|

D|--------------------3---7---3-----------------------------------|
B|3-----------1---3---------------3-------------------3-----------|
G|2-------2---------------------------3---2-----------2-------2---|
D|0---3---------------------------------------3---0---0---3-------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Walks

Chords: Am – Bb – C – Dm – Edim – F – Gm

D|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------6-------8---6---------------------------|--------------------------------1-------------------------------|
G|--------5-------9---------------------------9-----------5-------|----------------2-------3-----------3-------2-------------------|
D|7---------------------------------------------------------------|0-------3-----------------------------------------------3-------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

D|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------1-------3---1---------------------------|------------------------11------13--11--------------------------|
G|--------0-------3---------------------------3-----------0-------|--------10------14--------------------------14----------10------|
D|2---------------------------------------------------------------|12--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

D|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------1-------3---1---------------------------|--------------------------------11------------------------------|
G|--------0-------3---------------------------3-----------0-------|----------------12------14----------14------12------------------|
D|2---------------------------------------------------------------|10------14----------------------------------------------14------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------1-------------------------------|
G|----------------2-------3-----------3-------2-------------------|
D|0-------3-----------------------------------------------3-------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Am7	A C E G	`0 2 0 1 2`
I	Am7	A C E G	`0 2 2 1 2`
I	Am7	A C E G	`0 2 0 1 x`
I	Am7	A C E G	`0 2 2 1 x`
II	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x 0 2 3 3`
II	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x 3 2 3 0`
II	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x 3 2 3 3`
II	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x 3 2 3 x`
III	C7	C E G Bb	`0 2 3 1 2`
III	C7	C E G Bb	`0 2 3 1 x`
III	C7	C E G Bb	`0 2 3 x x`
III	C7	C E G Bb	`x 2 3 1 2`
IV	Dm7	D F A C	`x 0 2 1 0`
IV	Dm7	D F A C	`x 0 2 1 x`
IV	Dm7	D F A C	`x x 2 1 0`
IV	Dm7	D F A C	`x 0 2 1 3`
V	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`0 2 0 3 0`
V	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`0 2 0 3 2`
V	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`0 2 3 3 0`
V	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`0 2 3 3 2`
VI	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x x 2 1 2`
VI	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x 2 2 1 2`
VI	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x 2 2 1 x`
VI	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x 3 2 1 2`
VII	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x x 0 3 3`
VII	Gm7	G Bb D F	`0 0 0 3 3`
VII	Gm7	G Bb D F	`0 0 3 3 3`
VII	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x 0 0 3 3`

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Am7b9	A C E G Bb	`0 2 3 1 2`
I	Am7b9	A C E G Bb	`0 2 3 1 x`
I	Am7b9	A C E G Bb	`0 2 3 1 5`
I	Am7b9	A C E G Bb	`0 5 3 1 2`
II	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x 0 2 1 3`
II	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x 3 2 1 0`
II	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`7 0 5 3 3`
II	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`7 0 5 6 0`
III	C9	C E G Bb D	`0 2 3 1 0`
III	C9	C E G Bb D	`0 2 3 3 0`
III	C9	C E G Bb D	`0 2 3 3 2`
III	C9	C E G Bb D	`0 2 3 3 x`
IV	Dm9	D F A C E	`x 0 2 1 2`
IV	Dm9	D F A C E	`x 2 2 1 0`
IV	Dm9	D F A C E	`x 3 2 1 2`
IV	Dm9	D F A C E	`x 2 2 1 3`
V	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`0 2 0 3 3`
V	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`0 2 3 3 3`
V	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`x 2 0 3 3`
V	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`0 0 3 3 3`
VI	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 2 2 1 2`
VI	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 2 2 1 x`
VI	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 3 0 1 2`
VI	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 3 2 1 2`
VII	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`0 0 2 3 3`
VII	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`0 3 2 3 0`
VII	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`0 3 2 3 3`
VII	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`0 3 2 3 x`

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