Phrygian Riff Progression in A Phrygian for Banjo

The A Phrygian scale on banjo: the Phrygian Riff progression in its chords, 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)

Scale

Scale shapes

3NPS - First Position

D|--7---8--10--12--14-|
B|--7---8--10---------|
G|--7---9--10---------|
D|--8--10--11---------|
G|-10--12--14---------|

Basic Chords

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 x x x`
VII	Gm	G Bb D	`x 0 0 x x`
VII	Gm	G Bb D	`x x 0 3 x`
VII	Gm	G Bb D	`0 0 3 3 0`

Phrygian Riff (i–♭II–i–i)

Chords: Am – Bb – Am – Am

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

D|7-------------------10--7-------------------10--7---------------|7-------------------10--7-------------------10--7---------------|
B|5-----------8---10------5-----------8---10------5-----------8---|5-----------8---10------5-----------8---10------5-----------8---|
G|5---5---9---------------5---5---9---------------5---5---9-------|5---5---9---------------5---5---9---------------5---5---9-------|
D|7-----------------------7-----------------------7---------------|7-----------------------7-----------------------7---------------|
G|7-----------------------7-----------------------7---------------|7-----------------------7-----------------------7---------------|

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`

Phrygian Riff (i–♭II–i–i)

Chords: Am7 – Bbmaj7 – Am7 – Am7

D|2-------------------5---2-------------------5---2---------------|3-------------------3---7---3-------------------3---7---3-------|
B|1-----------3---5-------1-----------3---5-------1-----------3---|3-----------1---3-----------3-----------1---3-----------3-------|
G|0---0---3---------------0---0---3---------------0---0---3-------|2-------2-------------------2-------2-------------------2-------|
D|2-----------------------2-----------------------2---------------|0---3-----------------------0---3-----------------------0---3---|
G|0-----------------------0-----------------------0---------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

D|2-------------------5---2-------------------5---2---------------|2-------------------5---2-------------------5---2---------------|
B|1-----------3---5-------1-----------3---5-------1-----------3---|1-----------3---5-------1-----------3---5-------1-----------3---|
G|0---0---3---------------0---0---3---------------0---0---3-------|0---0---3---------------0---0---3---------------0---0---3-------|
D|2-----------------------2-----------------------2---------------|2-----------------------2-----------------------2---------------|
G|0-----------------------0-----------------------0---------------|0-----------------------0-----------------------0---------------|

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 x x`
I	Am7b9	A C E G Bb	`x 2 3 1 x`
II	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x 0 2 1 x`
II	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x x 2 1 0`
II	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x x 3 1 0`
II	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x 0 2 1 3`
III	C9	C E G Bb D	`x x 0 1 0`
III	C9	C E G Bb D	`x 0 0 1 x`
III	C9	C E G Bb D	`0 2 3 1 0`
III	C9	C E G Bb D	`0 2 3 3 0`
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 x 2 1 2`
IV	Dm9	D F A C E	`x 2 2 1 x`
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	`x x 0 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 2 2 x x`
VI	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`x 2 0 1 x`
VII	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`0 0 2 x x`
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`

Phrygian Riff (i–♭II–i–i)

Chords: Am7b9 – Bbmaj9 – Am7b9 – Am7b9

D|2-------------------5---2-------------------5---2---------------|--------------------3---7-----------------------3---7-----------|
B|1-----------3---5-------1-----------3---5-------1-----------3---|1-----------1---3-----------1-----------1---3-----------1-------|
G|3---0---3---------------3---0---3---------------3---0---3-------|2-------2-------------------2-------2-------------------2-------|
D|2-----------------------2-----------------------2---------------|0---3-----------------------0---3-----------------------0---3---|
G|0-----------------------0-----------------------0---------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

D|2-------------------5---2-------------------5---2---------------|2-------------------5---2-------------------5---2---------------|
B|1-----------3---5-------1-----------3---5-------1-----------3---|1-----------3---5-------1-----------3---5-------1-----------3---|
G|3---0---3---------------3---0---3---------------3---0---3-------|3---0---3---------------3---0---3---------------3---0---3-------|
D|2-----------------------2-----------------------2---------------|2-----------------------2-----------------------2---------------|
G|0-----------------------0-----------------------0---------------|0-----------------------0-----------------------0---------------|

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