Phrygian Riff Progression in E Phrygian for Banjo

The E Phrygian scale on banjo: the Phrygian Riff progression in its chords, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: E F G A B C D

Tuning: Standard (G D G B D)

Scale

Scale shapes

3NPS - First Position

D|--7---9-----|
B|--2---3---5-|
G|--2---4---5-|
D|--3---5---6-|
G|--5---7---9-|

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Em	E G B	`0 2 0 0 2`
I	Em	E G B	`0 2 4 0 2`
I	Em	E G B	`0 2 4 0 5`
II	F	F A C	`10 10 10 10 10`
III	G	G B D	`0 0 0 0 0`
IV	Am	A C E	`7 7 5 5 7`
V	Bdim	B D F	`x x x 0 3`
V	Bdim	B D F	`x x x 3 3`
V	Bdim	B D F	`x 0 4 0 3`
V	Bdim	B D F	`x 0 4 3 3`
VI	C	C E G	`0 2 0 1 2`
VI	C	C E G	`0 2 0 1 5`
VI	C	C E G	`0 2 5 5 2`
VI	C	C E G	`0 2 5 5 5`
VII	Dm	D F A	`12 12 10 10 12`

Phrygian Riff (i–♭II–i–i)

Chords: Em – F – Em – Em

D|2-------------------5---2-------------------5---2---------------|10------------------14--17--10------------------14--17--10------|
B|0-----------3---5-------0-----------3---5-------0-----------3---|10----------12--13----------10----------12--13----------10------|
G|0---0---4---------------0---0---4---------------0---0---4-------|10------12------------------10------12------------------10------|
D|2-----------------------2-----------------------2---------------|10--14----------------------10--14----------------------10--14--|
G|0-----------------------0-----------------------0---------------|10--------------------------10--------------------------10------|

D|2-------------------5---2-------------------5---2---------------|2-------------------5---2-------------------5---2---------------|
B|0-----------3---5-------0-----------3---5-------0-----------3---|0-----------3---5-------0-----------3---5-------0-----------3---|
G|0---0---4---------------0---0---4---------------0---0---4-------|0---0---4---------------0---0---4---------------0---0---4-------|
D|2-----------------------2-----------------------2---------------|2-----------------------2-----------------------2---------------|
G|0-----------------------0-----------------------0---------------|0-----------------------0-----------------------0---------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Em7	E G B D	`x x 0 0 0`
I	Em7	E G B D	`0 0 0 0 0`
I	Em7	E G B D	`0 0 0 0 x`
I	Em7	E G B D	`x 0 0 0 0`
II	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x x 2 1 2`
II	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x 2 2 1 2`
II	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x 2 2 1 x`
II	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x 3 2 1 2`
III	G7	G B D F	`x x 0 0 3`
III	G7	G B D F	`x x 0 3 3`
III	G7	G B D F	`0 0 0 0 3`
III	G7	G B D F	`0 0 0 3 3`
IV	Am7	A C E G	`0 2 0 1 2`
IV	Am7	A C E G	`0 2 2 1 2`
IV	Am7	A C E G	`0 2 0 1 x`
IV	Am7	A C E G	`0 2 2 1 x`
V	Bm7b5	B D F A	`x 0 2 0 0`
V	Bm7b5	B D F A	`x 0 2 0 x`
V	Bm7b5	B D F A	`x x 2 0 0`
V	Bm7b5	B D F A	`x 0 2 0 3`
VI	Cmaj7	C E G B	`0 2 0 0 2`
VI	Cmaj7	C E G B	`0 2 0 0 x`
VI	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 2 0 0 2`
VI	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 2 0 0 x`
VII	Dm7	D F A C	`x 0 2 1 0`
VII	Dm7	D F A C	`x 0 2 1 x`
VII	Dm7	D F A C	`x x 2 1 0`
VII	Dm7	D F A C	`x 0 2 1 3`

Phrygian Riff (i–♭II–i–i)

Chords: Em7 – Fmaj7 – Em7 – Em7

D|0-----------3---5---0-----------3---5---0-----------3---5---0---|2-----------5---7---2-----------5---7---2-----------5---7---2---|
B|0-------3-----------0-------3-----------0-------3-----------0---|1---1---5-----------1---1---5-----------1---1---5-----------1---|
G|0---4---------------0---4---------------0---4---------------0---|2-------------------2-------------------2-------------------2---|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

D|0-----------3---5---0-----------3---5---0-----------3---5---0---|0-----------3---5---0-----------3---5---0-----------3---5---0---|
B|0-------3-----------0-------3-----------0-------3-----------0---|0-------3-----------0-------3-----------0-------3-----------0---|
G|0---4---------------0---4---------------0---4---------------0---|0---4---------------0---4---------------0---4---------------0---|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Em7b9	E G B D F	`0 2 0 3 3`
I	Em7b9	E G B D F	`x 2 0 3 3`
I	Em7b9	E G B D F	`x x 0 0 3`
I	Em7b9	E G B D F	`x x 0 3 3`
II	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 2 2 1 2`
II	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 2 2 1 x`
II	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 2 2 x x`
II	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`x 2 0 1 x`
III	G9	G B D F A	`0 0 2 x x`
III	G9	G B D F A	`x 0 2 0 x`
III	G9	G B D F A	`x x 2 0 0`
III	G9	G B D F A	`0 0 2 0 3`
IV	Am9	A C E G B	`x x 2 0 2`
IV	Am9	A C E G B	`0 2 2 0 2`
IV	Am9	A C E G B	`0 2 2 0 x`
IV	Am9	A C E G B	`x 2 0 0 x`
V	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`x 0 2 1 x`
V	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`x x 2 1 0`
V	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`x 0 2 1 3`
V	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`x 3 2 1 0`
VI	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x x 0 0 0`
VI	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x 0 0 0 x`
VI	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x x 0 1 0`
VI	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x 0 0 1 x`
VII	Dm9	D F A C E	`x 0 2 1 2`
VII	Dm9	D F A C E	`x 2 2 1 0`
VII	Dm9	D F A C E	`x x 2 1 2`
VII	Dm9	D F A C E	`x 2 2 1 x`

Phrygian Riff (i–♭II–i–i)

Chords: Em7b9 – Fmaj9 – Em7b9 – Em7b9

D|3-------------------5---3-------------------5---3---------------|2-------------------5---2-------------------5---2---------------|
B|3-----------3---5-------3-----------3---5-------3-----------3---|1-----------3---5-------1-----------3---5-------1-----------3---|
G|0---0---4---------------0---0---4---------------0---0---4-------|2---0---4---------------2---0---4---------------2---0---4-------|
D|2-----------------------2-----------------------2---------------|2-----------------------2-----------------------2---------------|
G|0-----------------------0-----------------------0---------------|0-----------------------0-----------------------0---------------|

D|3-------------------5---3-------------------5---3---------------|3-------------------5---3-------------------5---3---------------|
B|3-----------3---5-------3-----------3---5-------3-----------3---|3-----------3---5-------3-----------3---5-------3-----------3---|
G|0---0---4---------------0---0---4---------------0---0---4-------|0---0---4---------------0---0---4---------------0---0---4-------|
D|2-----------------------2-----------------------2---------------|2-----------------------2-----------------------2---------------|
G|0-----------------------0-----------------------0---------------|0-----------------------0-----------------------0---------------|

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