A Phrygian Guitar Scale, Chords & Progressions (Open D Tuning)

The A Phrygian scale on guitar: 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: Open D Guitar (D A D Gb A D)

Basic Chords

Scale shapes

CAGED - C Shape

e|--8--10-----|
B|--7---8--10-|
G|--7---8--10-|
D|--7---9--10-|
A|--8--10--11-|
E|--8--10-----|

CAGED - A Shape

d |--2---3---5-|
A |--0---1---3-|
Gb|--0---2---3-|
D |--1---3---4-|
A |--3---5-----|
D |--2---3---5-|

CAGED - G Shape

d |--3---5-----|
A |--0---1---3-|
Gb|--0---2---3-|
D |--1---3---4-|
A |--3---5-----|
D |--2---3---5-|

CAGED - E Shape

d |--7---8--10-|
A |--5---7---8-|
Gb|--5---7---8-|
D |--6---8-----|
A |--7---8--10-|
D |--7---8--10-|

CAGED - D Shape

d |--8--10-----|
A |--5---7---8-|
Gb|--5---7---8-|
D |--6---8-----|
A |--7---8--10-|
D |--7---8--10-|

3NPS - First Position

d |--7---8--10-|
A |--5---7---8-|
Gb|--5---7---8-|
D |--6---8--10-|
A |--8--10--12-|
D |--8--10--12-|

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Am	A C E	`x 0 2 3 0 x`
I	Am	A C E	`x 12 10 10 12 10`
I	Am	A C E	`x 12 10 10 12 x`
I	Am	A C E	`x 3 2 3 3 x`
II	Bb	Bb D F	`x 1 3 4 1 x`
II	Bb	Bb D F	`8 8 8 8 8 8`
II	Bb	Bb D F	`x 13 12 11 13 x`
II	Bb	Bb D F	`8 8 8 11 x x`
III	C	C E G	`x 3 2 1 3 x`
III	C	C E G	`x 3 5 6 3 x`
III	C	C E G	`10 10 10 10 10 10`
III	C	C E G	`10 10 10 13 x x`
IV	Dm	D F A	`x 5 3 3 5 3`
IV	Dm	D F A	`x 5 3 3 5 x`
IV	Dm	D F A	`x 5 7 8 5 x`
IV	Dm	D F A	`x 8 7 8 8 x`
V	Edim	E G Bb	`2 1 2 1 1 2`
V	Edim	E G Bb	`2 1 2 1 1 x`
V	Edim	E G Bb	`2 1 2 1 x x`
V	Edim	E G Bb	`x x 2 1 1 2`
VI	F	F A C	`3 3 3 3 3 3`
VI	F	F A C	`x 8 7 6 8 x`
VI	F	F A C	`3 3 3 6 x x`
VI	F	F A C	`x 8 10 11 8 x`
VII	Gm	G Bb D	`x 10 8 8 10 8`
VII	Gm	G Bb D	`x 10 8 8 10 x`
VII	Gm	G Bb D	`x 10 12 13 10 x`
VII	Gm	G Bb D	`x 1 0 1 1 x`

Arpeggios

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

d |----------------------------5---7---3---------------------------|----------------------------7---8---5---------------------------|
A |--------------------3---7---------------7---3-------------------|--------------------5---8---------------8---5-------------------|
Gb|3-----------1---3-------------------------------3---------------|4-----------3---4-------------------------------4---------------|
D |2-------2-------------------------------------------3---2-------|0-------3-------------------------------------------5---3-------|
A |0---3-------------------------------------------------------3---|1---5-------------------------------------------------------5---|
D |10--------------------------------------------------------------|15--------------------------------------------------------------|

d |------------------------5---8---7-------------------------------|------------------------7---10--8-------------------------------|
A |3-------------------7---------------8---5-----------------------|5-------------------8---------------10--7-----------------------|
Gb|1-----------4---6---------------------------4---3---------------|3-----------6---8---------------------------6---4---------------|
D |2---2---5-------------------------------------------3-----------|3---3---7-------------------------------------------5-----------|
A |3-------------------------------------------------------5---3---|5-------------------------------------------------------7---5---|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d |------------------------------------7---------------------------|------------------------------------8---------------------------|
A |----------------------------7---8-------8---5-------------------|----------------------------8---10------10--7-------------------|
Gb|--------------------3---6-----------------------6---3-----------|1-------------------4---8-----------------------8---4-----------|
D |3-----------2---3---------------------------------------3-------|0-----------3---5---------------------------------------5-------|
A |0-------3---------------------------------------------------5---|1-------5---------------------------------------------------7---|
D |3---7-----------------------------------------------------------|5---8-----------------------------------------------------------|

d |------------------------12--15--14------------------------------|
A |10------------------13--------------15--12----------------------|
Gb|8-----------11--13--------------------------11--10--------------|
D |8---8---12------------------------------------------10----------|
A |10------------------------------------------------------12--10--|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|

Walks

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

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------1-------------------------------|--------------------------------3-------------------------------|
D |----------------2-------3-----------3-------2-------------------|----------------3-------5-----------5-------3-------------------|
A |0-------3-----------------------------------------------3-------|1-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------3-------4---3---------------------------|------------------------4-------6---4---------------------------|
D |--------2-------5---------------------------5-----------2-------|--------3-------7---------------------------7-----------3-------|
A |3---------------------------------------------------------------|5---------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------2-------------------------------|--------------------------------3-------------------------------|
A |----------------3-------5-----------5-------3-------------------|----------------5-------7-----------7-------5-------------------|
D |3-------7-----------------------------------------------7-------|5-------8-----------------------------------------------8-------|

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------10------11--10--------------------------|
D |--------8-------12--------------------------12----------8-------|
A |10--------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Am7	A C E G	`x 3 2 1 3 x`
II	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x 5 3 3 5 3`
II	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x 5 3 3 5 x`
II	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x 8 7 8 8 x`
II	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`7 8 7 8 x x`
III	C7	C E G Bb	`x 3 2 1 1 2`
III	C7	C E G Bb	`x 3 2 1 1 x`
III	C7	C E G Bb	`x 3 2 4 1 2`
III	C7	C E G Bb	`x 3 2 4 1 x`
IV	Dm7	D F A C	`x 8 7 6 8 x`
V	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`x 1 0 1 1 x`
V	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`0 1 0 1 x x`
V	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`x x 0 1 1 0`
V	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`x x 0 1 1 x`
VI	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x 3 2 3 3 x`
VI	Fmaj7	F A C E	`2 3 2 3 x x`
VI	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x x 2 3 3 2`
VI	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x x 2 3 3 x`
VII	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x 13 12 11 13 x`

Arpeggios

Chords: Am7 – Bbmaj7 – C7 – Dm7 – Em7b5 – Fmaj7 – Gm7

d |------------------------5---8---7-------------------------------|------------------------7---10--8-------------------------------|
A |3-------------------7---------------8---5-----------------------|5-------------------8---------------10--7-----------------------|
Gb|1-----------4---6---------------------------4---3---------------|3-----------6---8---------------------------6---4---------------|
D |2---2---5-------------------------------------------3-----------|3---3---7-------------------------------------------5-----------|
A |3-------------------------------------------------------5---3---|5-------------------------------------------------------7---5---|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d |------------------------5---8---7-------------------------------|------------------------10--------------------------------------|
A |3-------------------7---------------8---5-----------------------|8---------------8---12------12--8-------------------8-----------|
Gb|1-----------4---6---------------------------4---3---------------|6-------6---10----------------------8---6-----------6-------6---|
D |2---2---5-------------------------------------------3-----------|7---7---------------------------------------7-------7---7-------|
A |3-------------------------------------------------------5---3---|8-----------------------------------------------8---8-----------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d |------------------------3---7---5-------------------------------|------------------------5---8---7-------------------------------|
A |--------------------5---------------7---3-----------------------|3-------------------7---------------8---5-----------------------|
Gb|4-----------3---4---------------------------3---1---------------|1-----------4---6---------------------------4---3---------------|
D |0---0---3-------------------------------------------2-----------|2---2---5-------------------------------------------3-----------|
A |1-------------------------------------------------------3---1---|3-------------------------------------------------------5---3---|
D |15--------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d |------------------------15--------------------------------------|
A |13--------------13--17------17--13------------------13----------|
Gb|11------11--15----------------------13--11----------11------11--|
D |12--12--------------------------------------12------12--12------|
A |13----------------------------------------------13--13----------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|

Walks

Chords: Am7 – Bbmaj7 – C7 – Dm7 – Em7b5 – Fmaj7 – Gm7

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------3-------4---3---------------------------|------------------------4-------6---4---------------------------|
D |--------2-------5---------------------------5-----------2-------|--------3-------7---------------------------7-----------3-------|
A |3---------------------------------------------------------------|5---------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------3-------4---3---------------------------|----------------6-------8-------10--8-------6-------------------|
D |--------2-------5---------------------------5-----------2-------|--------7-----------------------------------------------7-------|
A |3---------------------------------------------------------------|8---------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------1-------3---1---------------------------|------------------------3-------4---3---------------------------|
D |--------0-------3---------------------------3-----------0-------|--------2-------5---------------------------5-----------2-------|
A |1---------------------------------------------------------------|3---------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------11------13------15--13------11------------------|
D |--------12----------------------------------------------12------|
A |13--------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Am7b9	A C E G Bb	`x 0 2 1 1 2`
I	Am7b9	A C E G Bb	`x 0 2 1 1 x`
I	Am7b9	A C E G Bb	`x 0 2 4 0 5`
I	Am7b9	A C E G Bb	`x 0 2 4 3 5`
II	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x 1 0 3 3 0`
II	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x 1 0 3 3 3`
II	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x 1 3 3 3 0`
II	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x 1 0 3 3 x`
IV	Dm9	D F A C E	`0 0 0 3 3 2`
IV	Dm9	D F A C E	`0 0 2 3 3 0`
IV	Dm9	D F A C E	`0 0 2 3 3 2`
IV	Dm9	D F A C E	`0 0 2 3 3 3`
V	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`2 1 0 1 1 3`
V	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`2 1 3 1 1 0`
V	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`2 1 0 4 1 3`
V	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`2 1 3 4 1 0`
VII	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`5 0 0 3 0 3`
VII	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`5 0 0 3 5 3`
VII	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`5 0 0 4 0 3`
VII	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`5 0 0 4 5 3`

Arpeggios

Chords: Am7b9 – Bbmaj9 – Dm9 – Em7b5b9 – Gm9

d |----------------------------5---7---3---------------------------|------------------------3---7---5-------------------------------|
A |--------------------3---7---------------7---3-------------------|--------------------5---------------7---3-----------------------|
Gb|3-----------1---3-------------------------------3---------------|4-----------3---4---------------------------3---1---------------|
D |2-------2-------------------------------------------3---2-------|0---0---3-------------------------------------------2-----------|
A |0---3-------------------------------------------------------3---|1-------------------------------------------------------3---1---|
D |10--------------------------------------------------------------|15--------------------------------------------------------------|

d |------------------------------------5---------------------------|------------------------------------5---------------------------|
A |----------------------------5---7-------7---3-------------------|----------------------------5---7-------7---3-------------------|
Gb|--------------------1---4-----------------------4---1-----------|--------------------1---4-----------------------4---1-----------|
D |2-----------0---2---------------------------------------2-------|2-----------0---2---------------------------------------2-------|
A |1-------1---------------------------------------------------3---|1-------1---------------------------------------------------3---|
D |2---5-----------------------------------------------------------|2---5-----------------------------------------------------------|

d |------------------------------------8---------------------------|
A |----------------------------8---10------10--7-------------------|
Gb|1-------------------4---8-----------------------8---4-----------|
D |0-----------3---5---------------------------------------5-------|
A |1-------5---------------------------------------------------7---|
D |5---8-----------------------------------------------------------|

Walks

Chords: Am7b9 – Bbmaj9 – Dm9 – Em7b5b9 – Gm9

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------1-------------------------------|------------------------1-------3---1---------------------------|
D |----------------2-------3-----------3-------2-------------------|--------0-------3---------------------------3-----------0-------|
A |0-------3-----------------------------------------------3-------|1---------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------0-------------------------------|--------------------------------0-------------------------------|
A |----------------1-------3-----------3-------1-------------------|----------------1-------3-----------3-------1-------------------|
D |2-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|2-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------3-------------------------------|
A |----------------5-------7-----------7-------5-------------------|
D |5-------8-----------------------------------------------8-------|

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