Phrygian Riff Progression in G Phrygian for Guitar

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

Notes: G Ab Bb C D Eb F

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

Scale

Scale shapes

CAGED - E Shape

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

Basic Chords

Chords

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

Phrygian Riff (i–♭II–i–i)

Chords: Gm – Ab – Gm – Gm

e|3-----------------------------------3---------------------------|4---------------------------3---4---4---------------------------|
B|3---------------------------6---8---3---------------------------|1-----------------------4-----------1-----------------------4---|
G|3-------------------3---7-----------3-------------------3---7---|1---------------1---5---------------1---------------1---5-------|
D|5-----------3---5-------------------5-----------3---5-----------|1-------1---5-----------------------1-------1---5---------------|
A|5-------5---------------------------5-------5-------------------|3---3-------------------------------3---3-----------------------|
E|3---6-------------------------------3---6-----------------------|4-----------------------------------4---------------------------|

e|3-----------------------------------3---------------------------|3-----------------------------------3---------------------------|
B|3---------------------------6---8---3---------------------------|3---------------------------6---8---3---------------------------|
G|3-------------------3---7-----------3-------------------3---7---|3-------------------3---7-----------3-------------------3---7---|
D|5-----------3---5-------------------5-----------3---5-----------|5-----------3---5-------------------5-----------3---5-----------|
A|5-------5---------------------------5-------5-------------------|5-------5---------------------------5-------5-------------------|
E|3---6-------------------------------3---6-----------------------|3---6-------------------------------3---6-----------------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 5 3 3 3 3`
I	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 1 3 3 3 3`
I	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 5 3 3 3 x`
I	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 5 5 3 6 x`
II	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`4 3 1 1 1 3`
II	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`x x x 1 1 3`
II	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`4 3 1 1 4 3`
II	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`4 6 6 5 4 3`
III	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`x 1 3 3 3 4`
III	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`x 1 3 1 3 1`
III	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`x 1 3 1 3 x`
III	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`6 5 3 3 3 4`
IV	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 3 5 3 4 3`
IV	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 3 1 3 1 x`
IV	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 3 5 3 4 x`
IV	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 3 1 3 1 3`
V	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x x 0 1 1 1`
V	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x 5 6 5 6 x`
V	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x 5 3 5 3 x`
V	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x 5 3 5 x x`
VI	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x x 1 3 3 3`
VI	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x 6 5 3 3 3`
VI	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x 6 8 7 8 6`
VI	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x 6 5 3 3 6`
VII	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 1 1 1`
VII	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 3 1 4 x`
VII	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 1 1 x`
VII	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 1 1 4`

Phrygian Riff (i–♭II–i–i)

Chords: Gm7 – Abmaj7 – Gm7 – Gm7

e|3-----------------------------------3---------------------------|3---------------------------3---4---3---------------------------|
B|3---------------------------6---8---3---------------------------|1-----------------------4-----------1-----------------------4---|
G|3-------------------3---7-----------3-------------------3---7---|1---------------1---5---------------1---------------1---5-------|
D|3-----------3---5-------------------3-----------3---5-----------|1-------1---5-----------------------1-------1---5---------------|
A|5-------5---------------------------5-------5-------------------|3---3-------------------------------3---3-----------------------|
E|3---6-------------------------------3---6-----------------------|4-----------------------------------4---------------------------|

e|3-----------------------------------3---------------------------|3-----------------------------------3---------------------------|
B|3---------------------------6---8---3---------------------------|3---------------------------6---8---3---------------------------|
G|3-------------------3---7-----------3-------------------3---7---|3-------------------3---7-----------3-------------------3---7---|
D|3-----------3---5-------------------3-----------3---5-----------|3-----------3---5-------------------3-----------3---5-----------|
A|5-------5---------------------------5-------5-------------------|5-------5---------------------------5-------5-------------------|
E|3---6-------------------------------3---6-----------------------|3---6-------------------------------3---6-----------------------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`x x 5 3 6 4`
I	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`x x 5 7 6 4`
I	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`x 1 3 3 3 4`
I	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`x 1 3 1 3 1`
II	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`4 3 5 3 x x`
II	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`4 6 5 3 x x`
II	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`x x 6 3 4 3`
II	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`x x 6 8 8 6`
III	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x 1 0 1 1 1`
III	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`6 3 6 3 6 x`
III	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x 13 12 13 13 10`
III	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x x 0 1 1 1`
IV	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`8 5 8 5 8 x`
IV	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`8 5 8 8 8 x`
IV	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`8 10 8 8 8 10`
IV	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`x x 1 3 3 3`
V	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`x x 12 10 13 11`
V	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`x x 1 1 1 1`
V	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 1 1 x`
V	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`x x 1 1 1 x`
VI	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x x 1 3 3 1`
VI	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x 6 3 3 3 x`
VI	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x 6 5 7 6 x`
VI	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`11 10 12 10 x x`
VII	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`1 3 1 1 1 3`
VII	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`13 10 13 10 13 x`
VII	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`13 10 13 13 13 x`
VII	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`x x 1 0 1 1`

Phrygian Riff (i–♭II–i–i)

Chords: Gm7b9 – Abmaj9 – Gm7b9 – Gm7b9

e|4-------------------6---4-------------------6---4---------------|--------------------------------4-------------------------------|
B|6-----------6---8-------6-----------6---8-------6-----------6---|------------------------4---8-------------------------------4---|
G|3---3---7---------------3---3---7---------------3---3---7-------|3-------------------5---------------3-------------------5-------|
D|5-----------------------5-----------------------5---------------|5-----------5---6-------------------5-----------5---6-----------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|3---3---6---------------------------3---3---6-------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|4-----------------------------------4---------------------------|

e|4-------------------6---4-------------------6---4---------------|4-------------------6---4-------------------6---4---------------|
B|6-----------6---8-------6-----------6---8-------6-----------6---|6-----------6---8-------6-----------6---8-------6-----------6---|
G|3---3---7---------------3---3---7---------------3---3---7-------|3---3---7---------------3---3---7---------------3---3---7-------|
D|5-----------------------5-----------------------5---------------|5-----------------------5-----------------------5---------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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