G Phrygian Guitar Scale, Chords & Progressions (Open G Tuning)

The G Phrygian scale on guitar: scale shapes, chords and progressions, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: G Ab Bb C D Eb F

Tuning: Open G Guitar (D G D G B D)

Basic Chords

Scale shapes

CAGED - C Shape

e|--6---8-----|
B|--5---6---8-|
G|--5---6---8-|
D|--5---7---8-|
A|--6---8---9-|
E|--6---8-----|

CAGED - A Shape

d|-12--13--15-|
B|-12--13--15-|
G|-10--12--13-|
D|-10--12--13-|
G|-11--13-----|
D|-12--13--15-|

CAGED - G Shape

d|-13--15-----|
B|-12--13--15-|
G|-10--12--13-|
D|-10--12--13-|
G|-11--13-----|
D|-12--13--15-|

CAGED - E Shape

d|--5---6---8-|
B|--5---7---8-|
G|--3---5---6-|
D|--3---5-----|
G|--3---4---6-|
D|--5---6---8-|

CAGED - D Shape

d|--6---8-----|
B|--5---7---8-|
G|--3---5---6-|
D|--3---5-----|
G|--3---4---6-|
D|--5---6---8-|

3NPS - First Position

d|--5---6---8-|
B|--5---7---8-|
G|--3---5---6-|
D|--3---5---7-|
G|--4---6---8-|
D|--6---8--10-|

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Gm	G Bb D	`x 0 0 0 x x`
I	Gm	G Bb D	`5 3 5 3 3 5`
I	Gm	G Bb D	`5 7 5 7 8 5`
I	Gm	G Bb D	`x 12 12 12 11 12`
II	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 1 1`
II	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 1 x`
II	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 x x`
II	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x x x 1 1 1`
III	Bb	Bb D F	`x 3 3 3 3 3`
III	Bb	Bb D F	`x 3 3 3 3 x`
III	Bb	Bb D F	`x 3 3 3 x x`
III	Bb	Bb D F	`x x x 3 3 3`
IV	Cm	C Eb G	`x 5 5 5 4 5`
IV	Cm	C Eb G	`x 5 5 5 4 x`
IV	Cm	C Eb G	`x 5 5 5 x x`
IV	Cm	C Eb G	`10 8 10 8 8 10`
V	Ddim	D F Ab	`x x 12 10 9 12`
VI	Eb	Eb G Bb	`1 3 1 3 4 1`
VI	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x 8 8 8 8 8`
VI	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x 8 8 8 8 x`
VI	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x 8 8 8 x x`
VII	Fm	F Ab C	`3 1 3 1 1 3`
VII	Fm	F Ab C	`3 5 3 5 6 3`
VII	Fm	F Ab C	`x 10 10 10 9 10`
VII	Fm	F Ab C	`x 10 10 10 9 x`

Arpeggios

Chords: Gm – Ab – Bb – Cm – Ddim – Eb – Fm

d|----------------------------3---5-------------------------------|----------------------------5---6-------------------------------|
B|------------------------3-----------4---3-----------------------|------------------------4-----------6---4-----------------------|
G|0---------------0---3-----------------------3---0---------------|1---------------1---5-----------------------5---1---------------|
D|0-------0---3---------------------------------------1---0-------|1-------1---5---------------------------------------3---1-------|
G|3---3-------------------------------------------------------3---|5---5-------------------------------------------------------5---|
D|5---------------------------------------------------------------|6---------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------6---8-------------------------------|----------------------------8---10--6---------------------------|
B|------------------------6-----------8---6-----------------------|1-------------------4---8---------------8---4-------------------|
G|3---------------3---7-----------------------7---3---------------|0-----------3---5-------------------------------5---------------|
D|3-------3---6---------------------------------------5---3-------|1-------5-------------------------------------------6---5-------|
G|7---7-------------------------------------------------------7---|5---8-------------------------------------------------------8---|
D|8---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d|12--------------12--15--12------------------12--------------12--|------------------------------------6---------------------------|
B|9-------9---13--------------11--9-----------9-------9---13------|----------------------------4---6-------6---3-------------------|
G|10--10------------------------------10------10--10--------------|--------------------1---5-----------------------5---1-----------|
D|12--------------------------------------12--12------------------|3-----------1---3---------------------------------------3-------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|1-------5---------------------------------------------------7---|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|3---6-----------------------------------------------------------|

d|------------------------------------6---------------------------|
B|----------------------------4---6-------6---3-------------------|
G|--------------------1---5-----------------------5---1-----------|
D|3-----------1---3---------------------------------------3-------|
G|1-------5---------------------------------------------------7---|
D|3---6-----------------------------------------------------------|

Walks

Chords: Gm – Ab – Bb – Cm – Ddim – Eb – Fm

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------0-------1-------3---1-------0-------------------|----------------1-------3-------5---3-------1-------------------|
G|--------3-----------------------------------------------3-------|--------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|
D|5---------------------------------------------------------------|6---------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------3-------------------------------|
D|----------------3-------5-------6---5-------3-------------------|----------------5-------6-----------6-------5-------------------|
G|--------7-----------------------------------------------7-------|5-------8-----------------------------------------------8-------|
D|8---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------9-------11------13--11------9-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------10----------------------------------------------10------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|12--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------1-------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------5-------7-----------7-------5-------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|3-------6-----------------------------------------------6-------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------1-------------------------------|
G|----------------5-------7-----------7-------5-------------------|
D|3-------6-----------------------------------------------6-------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 3 3 3 3 3`
I	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x 3 3 3 3 3`
I	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x 3 3 3 3 x`
I	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x x x 3 3 3`
II	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`x 5 5 5 4 5`
II	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`x 5 5 5 4 x`
II	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`10 8 10 8 8 10`
III	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`x x 12 10 9 12`
IV	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`8 8 8 8 8 8`
IV	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 8 8 8 8 8`
IV	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 8 8 8 8 x`
IV	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x x x 8 8 8`
V	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`3 1 3 1 1 3`
V	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x 10 10 10 9 10`
V	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x 10 10 10 9 x`
VI	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`5 3 5 3 3 5`
VI	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x 12 12 12 11 12`
VI	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x 12 12 12 11 x`
VII	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 1 1 1 1 1`
VII	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 1 1`
VII	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 1 x`
VII	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x x x 1 1 1`

Arpeggios

Chords: Gm7 – Abmaj7 – Bb7 – Cm7 – Dm7b5 – Ebmaj7 – Fm7

d|------------------------------------8---------------------------|----------------------------8---10--6---------------------------|
B|----------------------------6---8-------8---4-------------------|1-------------------4---8---------------8---4-------------------|
G|0-------------------3---7-----------------------7---3-----------|0-----------3---5-------------------------------5---------------|
D|0-----------3---5---------------------------------------5-------|1-------5-------------------------------------------6---5-------|
G|3-------7---------------------------------------------------8---|5---8-------------------------------------------------------8---|
D|5---8-----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d|12--------------12--15--12------------------12--------------12--|------------------------------------13--------------------------|
B|9-------9---13--------------11--9-----------9-------9---13------|----------------------------11--13------13--9-------------------|
G|10--10------------------------------10------10--10--------------|5-------------------8---12----------------------12--8-----------|
D|12--------------------------------------12--12------------------|5-----------8---10--------------------------------------10------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|8-------12--------------------------------------------------13--|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|10--13----------------------------------------------------------|

d|------------------------------------6---------------------------|------------------------------------8---------------------------|
B|----------------------------4---6-------6---3-------------------|----------------------------6---8-------8---4-------------------|
G|--------------------1---5-----------------------5---1-----------|0-------------------3---7-----------------------7---3-----------|
D|3-----------1---3---------------------------------------3-------|0-----------3---5---------------------------------------5-------|
G|1-------5---------------------------------------------------7---|3-------7---------------------------------------------------8---|
D|3---6-----------------------------------------------------------|5---8-----------------------------------------------------------|

d|------------------------------------6---------------------------|
B|----------------------------4---6-------6---3-------------------|
G|--------------------1---5-----------------------5---1-----------|
D|3-----------1---3---------------------------------------3-------|
G|1-------5---------------------------------------------------7---|
D|3---6-----------------------------------------------------------|

Walks

Chords: Gm7 – Abmaj7 – Bb7 – Cm7 – Dm7b5 – Ebmaj7 – Fm7

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------3-------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------3-------------------------------|----------------5-------6-----------6-------5-------------------|
G|----------------7-------8-----------8-------7-------------------|5-------8-----------------------------------------------8-------|
D|5-------8-----------------------------------------------8-------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------9-------11------13--11------9-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------10----------------------------------------------10------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|12--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------8-------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------12------13----------13------12------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|10------13----------------------------------------------13------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------1-------------------------------|--------------------------------3-------------------------------|
G|----------------5-------7-----------7-------5-------------------|----------------7-------8-----------8-------7-------------------|
D|3-------6-----------------------------------------------6-------|5-------8-----------------------------------------------8-------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------1-------------------------------|
G|----------------5-------7-----------7-------5-------------------|
D|3-------6-----------------------------------------------6-------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`x 0 0 1 3 3`
I	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`x 0 3 1 3 0`
I	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`x 0 3 1 3 3`
I	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`x 0 3 1 3 x`
III	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x 3 0 1 1 0`
III	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x 3 0 1 1 3`
III	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x 3 3 1 1 0`
III	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x 3 0 1 1 x`
IV	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`x 5 0 3 3 5`
IV	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`x 5 0 3 4 0`
IV	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`x 5 0 3 4 5`
IV	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`x 5 5 3 3 0`
V	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`0 1 0 1 1 1`
V	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`0 1 1 1 1 0`
V	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`0 1 1 1 1 1`
V	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`0 1 1 1 1 x`
VI	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`1 0 0 0 3 3`
VI	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`1 0 0 3 3 3`
VI	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`1 0 1 0 3 3`
VI	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`1 0 1 3 3 3`

Arpeggios

Chords: Gm7b9 – Bb9 – Cm9 – Dm7b5b9 – Ebmaj9

d|----------------------------3---5-------------------------------|------------------------3---6---5-------------------------------|
B|------------------------3-----------4---3-----------------------|--------------------3---------------4---1-----------------------|
G|0---------------0---3-----------------------3---0---------------|3-----------1---3---------------------------1---0---------------|
D|0-------0---3---------------------------------------1---0-------|0---0---3-------------------------------------------1-----------|
G|3---3-------------------------------------------------------3---|3-------------------------------------------------------5---3---|
D|5---------------------------------------------------------------|15--------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------8---10--6---------------------------|------------------------------------5---------------------------|
B|1-------------------4---8---------------8---4-------------------|----------------------------3---4-------4---1-------------------|
G|0-----------3---5-------------------------------5---------------|--------------------0---3-----------------------3---0-----------|
D|1-------5-------------------------------------------6---5-------|1-----------0---1---------------------------------------1-------|
G|5---8-------------------------------------------------------8---|0-------3---------------------------------------------------5---|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|1---5-----------------------------------------------------------|

d|------------------------------------5---------------------------|
B|----------------------------3---4-------4---1-------------------|
G|--------------------0---3-----------------------3---0-----------|
D|1-----------0---1---------------------------------------1-------|
G|0-------3---------------------------------------------------5---|
D|1---5-----------------------------------------------------------|

Walks

Chords: Gm7b9 – Bb9 – Cm9 – Dm7b5b9 – Ebmaj9

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------0-------1---0---------------------------|
D|----------------0-------1-------3---1-------0-------------------|--------0-------3---------------------------3-----------0-------|
G|--------3-----------------------------------------------3-------|3---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|5---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------3-------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------5-------6-----------6-------5-------------------|--------------------------------0-------------------------------|
G|5-------8-----------------------------------------------8-------|----------------3-------5-----------5-------3-------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|1-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------0-------------------------------|
G|----------------3-------5-----------5-------3-------------------|
D|1-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|

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