Phrygian Riff Progression in A Phrygian for Guitar

The A Phrygian scale on guitar: 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: E Standard (E A D G B E)

Scale

Scale shapes

CAGED - E Shape

e|--5---6---8-|
B|--5---7---8-|
G|--5---7---8-|
D|--5---7-----|
A|--5---6---8-|
E|--5---6---8-|

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Am	A C E	`x 0 2 2 1 0`
I	Am	A C E	`x 0 2 2 1 x`
I	Am	A C E	`x x x 2 1 0`
I	Am	A C E	`5 7 7 5 5 5`
II	Bb	Bb D F	`x 1 3 3 3 1`
II	Bb	Bb D F	`x 1 3 3 3 x`
II	Bb	Bb D F	`x x x 3 3 1`
II	Bb	Bb D F	`6 5 3 3 3 6`
III	C	C E G	`x 3 2 0 1 0`
III	C	C E G	`x 3 2 0 1 x`
III	C	C E G	`x 3 2 0 x x`
III	C	C E G	`x 3 5 5 5 3`
IV	Dm	D F A	`x x 0 2 3 1`
IV	Dm	D F A	`x 5 3 2 3 x`
IV	Dm	D F A	`x 5 7 7 6 5`
IV	Dm	D F A	`x 5 7 7 6 x`
V	Edim	E G Bb	`0 1 2 0 x x`
V	Edim	E G Bb	`x 7 8 9 8 x`
V	Edim	E G Bb	`x x 14 12 11 12`
V	Edim	E G Bb	`x 1 2 0 x x`
VI	F	F A C	`1 3 3 2 1 1`
VI	F	F A C	`x x 3 2 1 1`
VI	F	F A C	`x x 3 2 1 x`
VI	F	F A C	`x x 3 5 6 5`
VII	Gm	G Bb D	`3 5 5 3 3 3`
VII	Gm	G Bb D	`x x 5 3 3 3`
VII	Gm	G Bb D	`x x 5 3 3 6`
VII	Gm	G Bb D	`x x 5 3 3 x`

Phrygian Riff (i–♭II–i–i)

Chords: Am – Bb – Am – Am

e|0---------------------------3---5---0---------------------------|1---------------------------5---6---1---------------------------|
B|1-------------------1---5-----------1-------------------1---5---|3-------------------3---6-----------3-------------------3---6---|
G|2-----------0---2-------------------2-----------0---2-----------|3-----------2---3-------------------3-----------2---3-----------|
D|2-------2---------------------------2-------2-------------------|3-------3---------------------------3-------3-------------------|
A|0---3-------------------------------0---3-----------------------|1---5-------------------------------1---5-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|0---------------------------3---5---0---------------------------|0---------------------------3---5---0---------------------------|
B|1-------------------1---5-----------1-------------------1---5---|1-------------------1---5-----------1-------------------1---5---|
G|2-----------0---2-------------------2-----------0---2-----------|2-----------0---2-------------------2-----------0---2-----------|
D|2-------2---------------------------2-------2-------------------|2-------2---------------------------2-------2-------------------|
A|0---3-------------------------------0---3-----------------------|0---3-------------------------------0---3-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

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

Phrygian Riff (i–♭II–i–i)

Chords: Am7 – Bbmaj7 – Am7 – Am7

e|0---------------------------3---5---0---------------------------|1---------------------------5---6---1---------------------------|
B|1-------------------1---5-----------1-------------------1---5---|3-------------------3---6-----------3-------------------3---6---|
G|0-----------0---2-------------------0-----------0---2-----------|2-----------2---3-------------------2-----------2---3-----------|
D|2-------2---------------------------2-------2-------------------|3-------3---------------------------3-------3-------------------|
A|0---3-------------------------------0---3-----------------------|1---5-------------------------------1---5-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|0---------------------------3---5---0---------------------------|0---------------------------3---5---0---------------------------|
B|1-------------------1---5-----------1-------------------1---5---|1-------------------1---5-----------1-------------------1---5---|
G|0-----------0---2-------------------0-----------0---2-----------|0-----------0---2-------------------0-----------0---2-----------|
D|2-------2---------------------------2-------2-------------------|2-------2---------------------------2-------2-------------------|
A|0---3-------------------------------0---3-----------------------|0---3-------------------------------0---3-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Am7b9	A C E G Bb	`x x 7 5 8 6`
I	Am7b9	A C E G Bb	`x x 7 9 8 6`
I	Am7b9	A C E G Bb	`x 1 2 0 x x`
I	Am7b9	A C E G Bb	`x 3 2 3 1 3`
II	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x 1 0 2 1 x`
II	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`6 5 7 5 x x`
II	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`6 8 7 5 x x`
II	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x x 8 5 6 5`
III	C9	C E G Bb D	`x 3 2 3 3 0`
III	C9	C E G Bb D	`x 3 2 3 3 3`
III	C9	C E G Bb D	`8 5 8 5 8 x`
III	C9	C E G Bb D	`x x 2 3 3 3`
IV	Dm9	D F A C E	`10 7 10 7 10 x`
IV	Dm9	D F A C E	`10 7 10 10 10 x`
IV	Dm9	D F A C E	`10 12 10 10 10 12`
IV	Dm9	D F A C E	`1 3 3 2 1 0`
V	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`x x 2 0 3 1`
V	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`3 1 3 3 3 3`
V	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`x x 3 3 3 3`
V	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`1 1 0 0 x x`
VI	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`1 0 2 0 x x`
VI	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`1 3 2 0 x x`
VI	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`x x 3 0 1 0`
VI	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`x x 3 5 5 3`
VII	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`3 0 3 0 3 x`
VII	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`3 0 3 3 3 x`
VII	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`3 5 3 3 3 5`
VII	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`x 1 3 2 3 1`

Phrygian Riff (i–♭II–i–i)

Chords: Am7b9 – Bbmaj9 – Am7b9 – Am7b9

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

e|6-------------------8---6-------------------8---6---------------|6-------------------8---6-------------------8---6---------------|
B|8-----------8---10------8-----------8---10------8-----------8---|8-----------8---10------8-----------8---10------8-----------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---------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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