Phrygian Riff Progression in C Phrygian for Guitar

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

Notes: C Db Eb F G Ab Bb

Tuning: E Standard (E A D G B E)

Scale

Scale shapes

CAGED - E Shape

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

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Cm	C Eb G	`x 3 5 5 4 3`
I	Cm	C Eb G	`x 3 5 5 4 x`
I	Cm	C Eb G	`x 3 1 0 1 x`
I	Cm	C Eb G	`x x x 5 4 3`
II	Db	Db F Ab	`x 4 3 1 2 1`
II	Db	Db F Ab	`x 4 3 1 2 x`
II	Db	Db F Ab	`x 4 3 1 x x`
II	Db	Db F Ab	`x 4 6 6 6 4`
III	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x x 1 3 4 3`
III	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x 6 5 3 4 3`
III	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x 6 5 3 4 x`
III	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x 6 5 3 x x`
IV	Fm	F Ab C	`1 3 3 1 1 1`
IV	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 3 1 1 1`
IV	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 3 1 1 4`
IV	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 3 1 1 x`
V	Gdim	G Bb Db	`x x 5 3 2 3`
V	Gdim	G Bb Db	`3 4 5 3 x x`
V	Gdim	G Bb Db	`x 10 11 12 11 x`
V	Gdim	G Bb Db	`x 4 5 3 x x`
VI	Ab	Ab C Eb	`4 3 1 1 1 4`
VI	Ab	Ab C Eb	`4 6 6 5 4 4`
VI	Ab	Ab C Eb	`4 3 1 1 4 4`
VI	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x x 6 5 4 4`
VII	Bbm	Bb Db F	`x 1 3 3 2 1`
VII	Bbm	Bb Db F	`x 1 3 3 2 x`
VII	Bbm	Bb Db F	`x x x 3 2 1`
VII	Bbm	Bb Db F	`6 8 8 6 6 6`

Phrygian Riff (i–♭II–i–i)

Chords: Cm – Db – Cm – Cm

e|3---------------------------6---8---3---------------------------|1-----------------------4---1-----------------------4---1-------|
B|4-------------------4---8-----------4-------------------4---8---|2---------------2---6-------2---------------2---6-------2-------|
G|5-----------3---5-------------------5-----------3---5-----------|1-------1---5---------------1-------1---5---------------1-------|
D|5-------5---------------------------5-------5-------------------|3---3-----------------------3---3-----------------------3---3---|
A|3---6-------------------------------3---6-----------------------|4---------------------------4---------------------------4-------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|3---------------------------6---8---3---------------------------|3---------------------------6---8---3---------------------------|
B|4-------------------4---8-----------4-------------------4---8---|4-------------------4---8-----------4-------------------4---8---|
G|5-----------3---5-------------------5-----------3---5-----------|5-----------3---5-------------------5-----------3---5-----------|
D|5-------5---------------------------5-------5-------------------|5-------5---------------------------5-------5-------------------|
A|3---6-------------------------------3---6-----------------------|3---6-------------------------------3---6-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 3 5 3 4 3`
I	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 3 1 3 1 x`
I	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 3 5 3 4 x`
I	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 3 1 3 1 3`
II	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 4 3 1 1 1`
II	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 4 6 5 6 4`
II	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 4 3 1 1 4`
II	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 4 6 5 6 x`
III	Eb7	Eb G Bb Db	`x x 1 3 2 3`
III	Eb7	Eb G Bb Db	`x 6 5 6 4 6`
III	Eb7	Eb G Bb Db	`x 6 5 6 4 3`
III	Eb7	Eb G Bb Db	`x 6 8 6 8 6`
IV	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 1 1 1`
IV	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 3 1 4 x`
IV	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 1 1 x`
IV	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 1 1 4`
V	Gm7b5	G Bb Db F	`x x 5 6 6 6`
V	Gm7b5	G Bb Db F	`x x 5 3 6 x`
V	Gm7b5	G Bb Db F	`x 10 11 10 11 x`
V	Gm7b5	G Bb Db F	`x 10 8 10 8 x`
VI	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`4 3 1 1 1 3`
VI	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`x x x 1 1 3`
VI	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`4 3 1 1 4 3`
VI	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`4 6 6 5 4 3`
VII	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x 1 3 1 2 1`
VII	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x 1 3 1 2 x`
VII	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x 1 3 3 2 4`
VII	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`6 8 6 6 6 6`

Phrygian Riff (i–♭II–i–i)

Chords: Cm7 – Dbmaj7 – Cm7 – Cm7

e|3---------------------------6---8---3---------------------------|1-----------------------4---1-----------------------4---1-------|
B|4-------------------4---8-----------4-------------------4---8---|1---------------2---6-------1---------------2---6-------1-------|
G|3-----------3---5-------------------3-----------3---5-----------|1-------1---5---------------1-------1---5---------------1-------|
D|5-------5---------------------------5-------5-------------------|3---3-----------------------3---3-----------------------3---3---|
A|3---6-------------------------------3---6-----------------------|4---------------------------4---------------------------4-------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|3---------------------------6---8---3---------------------------|3---------------------------6---8---3---------------------------|
B|4-------------------4---8-----------4-------------------4---8---|4-------------------4---8-----------4-------------------4---8---|
G|3-----------3---5-------------------3-----------3---5-----------|3-----------3---5-------------------3-----------3---5-----------|
D|5-------5---------------------------5-------5-------------------|5-------5---------------------------5-------5-------------------|
A|3---6-------------------------------3---6-----------------------|3---6-------------------------------3---6-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Cm7b9	C Eb G Bb Db	`x x 10 8 11 9`
I	Cm7b9	C Eb G Bb Db	`x x 10 12 11 9`
I	Cm7b9	C Eb G Bb Db	`x x 1 3 2 3`
I	Cm7b9	C Eb G Bb Db	`x 4 5 3 x x`
II	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x 4 1 1 1 x`
II	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x 4 3 5 4 x`
II	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`9 8 10 8 x x`
II	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`9 11 10 8 x x`
III	Eb9	Eb G Bb Db F	`x 6 5 6 6 3`
III	Eb9	Eb G Bb Db F	`x 6 5 6 6 6`
III	Eb9	Eb G Bb Db F	`11 8 11 8 11 x`
III	Eb9	Eb G Bb Db F	`x x x 3 2 1`
IV	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`1 3 1 1 1 3`
IV	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`13 10 13 10 13 x`
IV	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`13 10 13 13 13 x`
IV	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`x x 1 0 1 1`
V	Gm7b5b9	G Bb Db F Ab	`x x 5 3 6 4`
V	Gm7b5b9	G Bb Db F Ab	`x 1 3 1 2 1`
V	Gm7b5b9	G Bb Db F Ab	`x 1 3 3 2 4`
V	Gm7b5b9	G Bb Db F Ab	`x 4 3 1 x x`
VI	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`4 3 5 3 x x`
VI	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`4 6 5 3 x x`
VI	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`x x 6 3 4 3`
VI	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`x x 6 8 8 6`
VII	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`6 3 6 3 6 x`
VII	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`6 3 6 6 6 x`
VII	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`6 8 6 6 6 8`
VII	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`x x x 1 1 1`

Phrygian Riff (i–♭II–i–i)

Chords: Cm7b9 – Dbmaj9 – Cm7b9 – Cm7b9

e|9-------------------11--9-------------------11--9---------------|------------------------4---------------------------4-----------|
B|11----------11--13------11----------11--13------11----------11--|1---------------2---6-------1---------------2---6-------1-------|
G|8---8---12--------------8---8---12--------------8---8---12------|1-------1---5---------------1-------1---5---------------1-------|
D|10----------------------10----------------------10--------------|1---3-----------------------1---3-----------------------1---3---|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|4---------------------------4---------------------------4-------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|9-------------------11--9-------------------11--9---------------|9-------------------11--9-------------------11--9---------------|
B|11----------11--13------11----------11--13------11----------11--|11----------11--13------11----------11--13------11----------11--|
G|8---8---12--------------8---8---12--------------8---8---12------|8---8---12--------------8---8---12--------------8---8---12------|
D|10----------------------10----------------------10--------------|10----------------------10----------------------10--------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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