Phrygian Riff Progression in G Phrygian for Banjo

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

Notes: G Ab Bb C D Eb F

Tuning: Standard (G D G B D)

Scale

Scale shapes

3NPS - First Position

D|--6---8--10--12-|
B|--5---6---8-----|
G|--5---7---8-----|
D|--6---8---9-----|
G|--8--10--12-----|

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Gm	G Bb D	`0 0 x x x`
I	Gm	G Bb D	`x 0 0 x x`
I	Gm	G Bb D	`x x 0 3 x`
I	Gm	G Bb D	`0 0 3 3 0`
II	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x x 1 1 1`
II	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x x x 1 1`
II	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 1`
II	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 x`
III	Bb	Bb D F	`x 0 3 3 3`
III	Bb	Bb D F	`x 3 3 3 0`
III	Bb	Bb D F	`x x 3 3 3`
III	Bb	Bb D F	`x x x 3 3`
IV	Cm	C Eb G	`10 10 8 8 10`
V	Ddim	D F Ab	`x 0 1 x x`
V	Ddim	D F Ab	`x 0 1 3 3`
V	Ddim	D F Ab	`x 3 1 3 0`
V	Ddim	D F Ab	`x 3 1 3 3`
VI	Eb	Eb G Bb	`8 8 8 8 8`
VII	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 1 1 x`
VII	Fm	F Ab C	`x 3 1 1 3`
VII	Fm	F Ab C	`x 3 1 1 x`
VII	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 1 1 3`

Phrygian Riff (i–♭II–i–i)

Chords: Gm – Ab – Gm – Gm

D|--------------------3---6-----------------------3---6-----------|1-----------5---6---1-----------5---6---1-----------5---6---1---|
B|------------1---3-----------------------1---3-------------------|1-------4-----------1-------4-----------1-------4-----------1---|
G|--------1---------------------------1---------------------------|1---5---------------1---5---------------1---5---------------1---|
D|0---3-----------------------0---3-----------------------0---3---|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|0---------------------------0---------------------------0-------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

D|--------------------3---6-----------------------3---6-----------|--------------------3---6-----------------------3---6-----------|
B|------------1---3-----------------------1---3-------------------|------------1---3-----------------------1---3-------------------|
G|--------1---------------------------1---------------------------|--------1---------------------------1---------------------------|
D|0---3-----------------------0---3-----------------------0---3---|0---3-----------------------0---3-----------------------0---3---|
G|0---------------------------0---------------------------0-------|0---------------------------0---------------------------0-------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x x 0 3 3`
I	Gm7	G Bb D F	`0 0 0 3 3`
I	Gm7	G Bb D F	`0 0 3 3 3`
I	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x 0 0 3 3`
II	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`0 1 0 1 1`
II	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`0 1 1 1 1`
II	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`0 1 0 1 x`
II	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`0 1 1 1 x`
III	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`x 0 1 3 3`
III	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`x 3 1 3 0`
III	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`x 3 1 3 3`
III	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`x 3 1 3 x`
IV	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`0 1 3 1 1`
IV	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`0 1 3 1 x`
IV	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`0 1 3 x x`
IV	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 1 3 1 1`
V	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x 0 1 1 0`
V	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x 0 1 1 x`
V	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x x 1 1 0`
V	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x 0 1 1 3`
VI	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`0 1 0 3 0`
VI	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`0 1 0 3 1`
VI	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`0 1 3 3 0`
VI	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`0 1 3 3 1`
VII	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x x 1 1 1`
VII	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 1`
VII	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 x`
VII	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x 3 1 1 1`

Phrygian Riff (i–♭II–i–i)

Chords: Gm7 – Abmaj7 – Gm7 – Gm7

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

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

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`0 0 1 x x`
I	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`0 0 1 3 3`
I	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`0 3 1 3 0`
I	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`0 3 1 3 3`
II	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`0 1 3 1 1`
II	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`0 1 3 1 x`
II	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`0 1 3 x x`
II	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`x 1 3 1 x`
III	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x 0 1 1 x`
III	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x x 1 1 0`
III	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x x 3 1 0`
III	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x 0 1 1 3`
IV	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`x x 0 1 0`
IV	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`x 0 0 1 x`
IV	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`0 1 3 1 0`
IV	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`0 1 3 3 0`
V	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`x 0 1 1 1`
V	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 0`
V	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`x x 1 1 1`
V	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 x`
VI	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`0 1 0 3 3`
VI	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`0 1 3 3 3`
VI	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x 1 0 3 3`
VI	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x x 0 3 3`
VII	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`0 1 1 1 1`
VII	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`0 1 1 1 x`
VII	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`0 1 1 x x`
VII	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`x 1 0 1 x`

Phrygian Riff (i–♭II–i–i)

Chords: Gm7b9 – Abmaj9 – Gm7b9 – Gm7b9

D|--------------------3---6-----------------------3---6-----------|1-------------------5---1-------------------5---1---------------|
B|------------1---3-----------------------1---3-------------------|1-----------3---4-------1-----------3---4-------1-----------3---|
G|1-------1-------------------1-------1-------------------1-------|3---0---3---------------3---0---3---------------3---0---3-------|
D|0---3-----------------------0---3-----------------------0---3---|1-----------------------1-----------------------1---------------|
G|0---------------------------0---------------------------0-------|0-----------------------0-----------------------0---------------|

D|--------------------3---6-----------------------3---6-----------|--------------------3---6-----------------------3---6-----------|
B|------------1---3-----------------------1---3-------------------|------------1---3-----------------------1---3-------------------|
G|1-------1-------------------1-------1-------------------1-------|1-------1-------------------1-------1-------------------1-------|
D|0---3-----------------------0---3-----------------------0---3---|0---3-----------------------0---3-----------------------0---3---|
G|0---------------------------0---------------------------0-------|0---------------------------0---------------------------0-------|

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