Phrygian Riff Progression in F Phrygian for Guitar

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

Notes: F Gb Ab Bb C Db Eb

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

Scale

Scale shapes

CAGED - E Shape

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

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Fm	F Ab C	`1 3 3 1 1 1`
I	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 3 1 1 1`
I	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 3 1 1 4`
I	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 3 1 1 x`
II	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`2 4 4 3 2 2`
II	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`x x 4 3 2 2`
II	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`x x 4 3 2 x`
II	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`x x 4 6 7 6`
III	Ab	Ab C Eb	`4 3 1 1 1 4`
III	Ab	Ab C Eb	`4 6 6 5 4 4`
III	Ab	Ab C Eb	`4 3 1 1 4 4`
III	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x x 6 5 4 4`
IV	Bbm	Bb Db F	`x 1 3 3 2 1`
IV	Bbm	Bb Db F	`x 1 3 3 2 x`
IV	Bbm	Bb Db F	`x x x 3 2 1`
IV	Bbm	Bb Db F	`6 8 8 6 6 6`
V	Cdim	C Eb Gb	`x 3 4 5 4 x`
V	Cdim	C Eb Gb	`x x 10 8 7 8`
V	Cdim	C Eb Gb	`8 9 10 8 x x`
V	Cdim	C Eb Gb	`x x 4 5 4 x`
VI	Db	Db F Ab	`x 4 3 1 2 1`
VI	Db	Db F Ab	`x 4 3 1 2 x`
VI	Db	Db F Ab	`x 4 3 1 x x`
VI	Db	Db F Ab	`x 4 6 6 6 4`
VII	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`x x 1 3 4 2`
VII	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`x 6 4 3 4 x`
VII	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`x 6 8 8 7 6`
VII	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`x 6 8 8 7 x`

Phrygian Riff (i–♭II–i–i)

Chords: Fm – Gb – Fm – Fm

e|1-----------------------------------1---------------------------|2-----------------------------------2---------------------------|
B|1---------------------------4---6---1---------------------------|2---------------------------6---7---2---------------------------|
G|1-------------------1---5-----------1-------------------1---5---|3-------------------3---6-----------3-------------------3---6---|
D|3-----------1---3-------------------3-----------1---3-----------|4-----------3---4-------------------4-----------3---4-----------|
A|3-------3---------------------------3-------3-------------------|4-------4---------------------------4-------4-------------------|
E|1---4-------------------------------1---4-----------------------|2---6-------------------------------2---6-----------------------|

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

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 1 1 1`
I	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 3 1 4 x`
I	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 1 1 x`
I	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 1 1 4`
II	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`2 4 4 3 2 1`
II	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`x x 4 3 2 1`
II	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`2 4 3 3 2 2`
II	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`x x 4 6 6 6`
III	Ab7	Ab C Eb Gb	`4 3 1 1 1 2`
III	Ab7	Ab C Eb Gb	`4 3 4 1 1 4`
III	Ab7	Ab C Eb Gb	`4 6 4 5 4 4`
III	Ab7	Ab C Eb Gb	`x x 6 5 7 4`
IV	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x 1 3 1 2 1`
IV	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x 1 3 1 2 x`
IV	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x 1 3 3 2 4`
IV	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`6 8 6 6 6 6`
V	Cm7b5	C Eb Gb Bb	`x 3 4 3 4 x`
V	Cm7b5	C Eb Gb Bb	`x 3 1 3 1 x`
V	Cm7b5	C Eb Gb Bb	`x 3 1 3 x x`
V	Cm7b5	C Eb Gb Bb	`x 3 4 3 1 x`
VI	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 4 3 1 1 1`
VI	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 4 6 5 6 4`
VI	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 4 3 1 1 4`
VI	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 4 6 5 6 x`
VII	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 6 8 6 7 6`
VII	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 6 4 6 4 x`
VII	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 6 8 6 7 x`
VII	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 6 4 6 4 6`

Phrygian Riff (i–♭II–i–i)

Chords: Fm7 – Gbmaj7 – Fm7 – Fm7

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

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

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Fm7b9	F Ab C Eb Gb	`x x 3 1 4 2`
I	Fm7b9	F Ab C Eb Gb	`x x 3 5 4 2`
I	Fm7b9	F Ab C Eb Gb	`4 6 4 5 4 4`
I	Fm7b9	F Ab C Eb Gb	`x x 4 5 4 x`
II	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`2 1 3 1 x x`
II	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`2 4 3 1 x x`
II	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`x x 4 1 2 1`
II	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`x x 4 6 6 4`
III	Ab9	Ab C Eb Gb Bb	`4 1 4 1 4 x`
III	Ab9	Ab C Eb Gb Bb	`x 11 10 11 11 8`
III	Ab9	Ab C Eb Gb Bb	`x 11 10 11 11 11`
III	Ab9	Ab C Eb Gb Bb	`x 3 4 3 4 x`
IV	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`6 3 6 3 6 x`
IV	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`6 3 6 6 6 x`
IV	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`6 8 6 6 6 8`
IV	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`x x x 1 1 1`
V	Cm7b5b9	C Eb Gb Bb Db	`x x 10 8 11 9`
V	Cm7b5b9	C Eb Gb Bb Db	`x x 4 3 2 x`
V	Cm7b5b9	C Eb Gb Bb Db	`x x x 3 2 2`
V	Cm7b5b9	C Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 4 4 3 x x`
VI	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x 4 1 1 1 x`
VI	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x 4 3 5 4 x`
VI	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`9 8 10 8 x x`
VI	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`9 11 10 8 x x`
VII	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`11 8 11 8 11 x`
VII	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`11 8 11 11 11 x`
VII	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`11 13 11 11 11 13`
VII	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`2 4 4 3 2 1`

Phrygian Riff (i–♭II–i–i)

Chords: Fm7b9 – Gbmaj9 – Fm7b9 – Fm7b9

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

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

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