Phrygian Riff Progression in E Phrygian for Guitar

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

Scale

Scale shapes

CAGED - E Shape

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

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Em	E G B	`0 2 2 0 0 0`
I	Em	E G B	`x x 2 0 0 0`
I	Em	E G B	`x x 2 0 0 3`
I	Em	E G B	`x x 2 0 0 x`
II	F	F A C	`1 3 3 2 1 1`
II	F	F A C	`x x 3 2 1 1`
II	F	F A C	`x x 3 2 1 x`
II	F	F A C	`x x 3 5 6 5`
III	G	G B D	`3 2 0 0 0 3`
III	G	G B D	`3 5 5 4 3 3`
III	G	G B D	`3 2 0 0 3 3`
III	G	G B D	`x x 5 4 3 3`
IV	Am	A C E	`x 0 2 2 1 0`
IV	Am	A C E	`x 0 2 2 1 x`
IV	Am	A C E	`x x x 2 1 0`
IV	Am	A C E	`5 7 7 5 5 5`
V	Bdim	B D F	`x 2 3 4 3 x`
V	Bdim	B D F	`x x 9 7 6 7`
V	Bdim	B D F	`7 8 9 7 x x`
V	Bdim	B D F	`x x 3 4 3 x`
VI	C	C E G	`x 3 2 0 1 0`
VI	C	C E G	`x 3 2 0 1 x`
VI	C	C E G	`x 3 2 0 x x`
VI	C	C E G	`x 3 5 5 5 3`
VII	Dm	D F A	`x x 0 2 3 1`
VII	Dm	D F A	`x 5 3 2 3 x`
VII	Dm	D F A	`x 5 7 7 6 5`
VII	Dm	D F A	`x 5 7 7 6 x`

Phrygian Riff (i–♭II–i–i)

Chords: Em – F – Em – Em

e|0-----------------------------------0---------------------------|1-----------------------------------1---------------------------|
B|0---------------------------3---5---0---------------------------|1---------------------------5---6---1---------------------------|
G|0-------------------0---4-----------0-------------------0---4---|2-------------------2---5-----------2-------------------2---5---|
D|2-----------0---2-------------------2-----------0---2-----------|3-----------2---3-------------------3-----------2---3-----------|
A|2-------2---------------------------2-------2-------------------|3-------3---------------------------3-------3-------------------|
E|0---3-------------------------------0---3-----------------------|1---5-------------------------------1---5-----------------------|

e|0-----------------------------------0---------------------------|0-----------------------------------0---------------------------|
B|0---------------------------3---5---0---------------------------|0---------------------------3---5---0---------------------------|
G|0-------------------0---4-----------0-------------------0---4---|0-------------------0---4-----------0-------------------0---4---|
D|2-----------0---2-------------------2-----------0---2-----------|2-----------0---2-------------------2-----------0---2-----------|
A|2-------2---------------------------2-------2-------------------|2-------2---------------------------2-------2-------------------|
E|0---3-------------------------------0---3-----------------------|0---3-------------------------------0---3-----------------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Em7	E G B D	`0 2 0 0 0 0`
I	Em7	E G B D	`0 2 2 0 3 x`
I	Em7	E G B D	`0 2 0 0 0 x`
I	Em7	E G B D	`0 2 0 0 0 3`
II	Fmaj7	F A C E	`1 3 3 2 1 0`
II	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x x 3 2 1 0`
II	Fmaj7	F A C E	`1 3 2 2 1 1`
II	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x x 3 5 5 5`
III	G7	G B D F	`3 2 0 0 0 1`
III	G7	G B D F	`3 2 3 0 0 3`
III	G7	G B D F	`3 5 3 4 3 3`
III	G7	G B D F	`x x 5 4 6 3`
IV	Am7	A C E G	`x 0 2 0 1 0`
IV	Am7	A C E G	`x 0 2 0 1 x`
IV	Am7	A C E G	`x 0 2 2 1 3`
IV	Am7	A C E G	`5 7 5 5 5 5`
V	Bm7b5	B D F A	`x 2 3 2 3 x`
V	Bm7b5	B D F A	`x 2 0 2 0 x`
V	Bm7b5	B D F A	`x 2 0 2 x x`
V	Bm7b5	B D F A	`x 2 3 2 0 x`
VI	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 3 2 0 0 0`
VI	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 3 5 4 5 3`
VI	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 3 2 0 0 3`
VI	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 3 5 4 5 x`
VII	Dm7	D F A C	`x 5 7 5 6 5`
VII	Dm7	D F A C	`x 5 3 5 3 x`
VII	Dm7	D F A C	`x 5 7 5 6 x`
VII	Dm7	D F A C	`x 5 3 5 3 5`

Phrygian Riff (i–♭II–i–i)

Chords: Em7 – Fmaj7 – Em7 – Em7

e|0-----------------------------------0---------------------------|0-------------------------------1---0---------------------------|
B|0---------------------------3---5---0---------------------------|1-----------------------1---5-------1-----------------------1---|
G|0-------------------0---4-----------0-------------------0---4---|2-------------------2---------------2-------------------2-------|
D|0-----------0---2-------------------0-----------0---2-----------|3-----------2---3-------------------3-----------2---3-----------|
A|2-------2---------------------------2-------2-------------------|3---0---3---------------------------3---0---3-------------------|
E|0---3-------------------------------0---3-----------------------|1-----------------------------------1---------------------------|

e|0-----------------------------------0---------------------------|0-----------------------------------0---------------------------|
B|0---------------------------3---5---0---------------------------|0---------------------------3---5---0---------------------------|
G|0-------------------0---4-----------0-------------------0---4---|0-------------------0---4-----------0-------------------0---4---|
D|0-----------0---2-------------------0-----------0---2-----------|0-----------0---2-------------------0-----------0---2-----------|
A|2-------2---------------------------2-------2-------------------|2-------2---------------------------2-------2-------------------|
E|0---3-------------------------------0---3-----------------------|0---3-------------------------------0---3-----------------------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Em7b9	E G B D F	`x x 2 0 3 1`
I	Em7b9	E G B D F	`x x 2 4 3 1`
I	Em7b9	E G B D F	`3 5 3 4 3 3`
I	Em7b9	E G B D F	`x x 3 4 3 x`
II	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`1 0 2 0 x x`
II	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`1 3 2 0 x x`
II	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`x x 3 0 1 0`
II	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`x x 3 5 5 3`
III	G9	G B D F A	`3 0 3 0 3 x`
III	G9	G B D F A	`x 10 9 10 10 7`
III	G9	G B D F A	`x 10 9 10 10 10`
III	G9	G B D F A	`x 2 3 2 3 x`
IV	Am9	A C E G B	`5 2 5 2 5 x`
IV	Am9	A C E G B	`5 2 5 5 5 x`
IV	Am9	A C E G B	`5 7 5 5 5 7`
IV	Am9	A C E G B	`x x x 0 0 0`
V	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`x x 9 7 10 8`
V	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`x x 3 2 1 x`
V	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`x x x 2 1 1`
V	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`x 3 3 2 x x`
VI	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x 3 0 0 0 x`
VI	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x 3 2 4 3 x`
VI	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`8 7 9 7 x x`
VI	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`8 10 9 7 x x`
VII	Dm9	D F A C E	`10 7 10 7 10 x`
VII	Dm9	D F A C E	`10 7 10 10 10 x`
VII	Dm9	D F A C E	`10 12 10 10 10 12`
VII	Dm9	D F A C E	`1 3 3 2 1 0`

Phrygian Riff (i–♭II–i–i)

Chords: Em7b9 – Fmaj9 – Em7b9 – Em7b9

e|1-------------------3---1-------------------3---1---------------|--------------------------------1-------------------------------|
B|3-----------3---5-------3-----------3---5-------3-----------3---|------------------------1---5-------------------------------1---|
G|0---0---4---------------0---0---4---------------0---0---4-------|0-------------------2---------------0-------------------2-------|
D|2-----------------------2-----------------------2---------------|2-----------2---3-------------------2-----------2---3-----------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|0---0---3---------------------------0---0---3-------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|1-----------------------------------1---------------------------|

e|1-------------------3---1-------------------3---1---------------|1-------------------3---1-------------------3---1---------------|
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---------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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