Phrygian Riff Progression in E Phrygian for Mandolin

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

Scale

Scale shapes

4NPS - First Position

E|--9--10--12--14-|
A|--9--10--12--14-|
D|--8--10--12--14-|
G|--8--10--12--13-|

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Em	E G B	`0 2 2 0`
I	Em	E G B	`4 2 2 3`
I	Em	E G B	`0 2 2 3`
I	Em	E G B	`9 9 10 7`
II	F	F A C	`5 3 0 1`
II	F	F A C	`5 3 3 5`
II	F	F A C	`2 3 3 1`
II	F	F A C	`2 3 3 5`
III	G	G B D	`0 0 2 3`
III	G	G B D	`4 5 5 3`
III	G	G B D	`4 0 2 3`
III	G	G B D	`7 5 2 3`
IV	Am	A C E	`2 2 3 0`
IV	Am	A C E	`2 2 3 5`
IV	Am	A C E	`5 2 3 5`
IV	Am	A C E	`5 7 7 5`
V	Bdim	B D F	`7 9 8 7`
V	Bdim	B D F	`10 9 5 7`
VI	C	C E G	`0 2 3 0`
VI	C	C E G	`0 2 3 3`
VI	C	C E G	`5 2 3 3`
VI	C	C E G	`5 5 7 8`
VII	Dm	D F A	`2 0 0 1`
VII	Dm	D F A	`7 7 8 5`
VII	Dm	D F A	`7 7 8 10`
VII	Dm	D F A	`10 7 8 10`

Phrygian Riff (i–♭II–i–i)

Chords: Em – F – Em – Em

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

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

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Em7	E G B D	`0 0 2 3`
I	Em7	E G B D	`4 0 2 3`
I	Em7	E G B D	`x 2 5 3`
I	Em7	E G B D	`4 5 5 3`
II	Fmaj7	F A C E	`2 2 3 0`
II	Fmaj7	F A C E	`2 2 3 5`
III	G7	G B D F	`0 0 2 1`
III	G7	G B D F	`0 3 2 1`
III	G7	G B D F	`0 3 2 3`
III	G7	G B D F	`7 5 8 7`
IV	Am7	A C E G	`0 2 3 0`
IV	Am7	A C E G	`0 2 3 3`
IV	Am7	A C E G	`2 2 3 3`
IV	Am7	A C E G	`5 5 7 8`
V	Bm7b5	B D F A	`7 7 8 5`
V	Bm7b5	B D F A	`7 7 8 10`
VI	Cmaj7	C E G B	`9 9 10 7`
VI	Cmaj7	C E G B	`9 9 10 12`
VII	Dm7	D F A C	`5 3 3 5`
VII	Dm7	D F A C	`x 0 3 1`
VII	Dm7	D F A C	`2 3 3 1`
VII	Dm7	D F A C	`5 3 0 1`

Phrygian Riff (i–♭II–i–i)

Chords: Em7 – Fmaj7 – Em7 – Em7

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

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

Ninth Chords

Chords

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

Phrygian Riff (i–♭II–i–i)

Chords: Em7b9 – Fmaj9 – Em7b9 – Em7b9

E|7-------------------7---10--7-------------------7---10--7-------|1---------------------------1---3---1---------------------------|
A|8-------5---8---10----------8-------5---8---10----------8-------|0-------------------2---5-----------0-------------------2---5---|
D|5---9-----------------------5---9-----------------------5---9---|2-------0---3---5-------------------2-------0---3---5-----------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|0---4-------------------------------0---4-----------------------|

E|7-------------------7---10--7-------------------7---10--7-------|7-------------------7---10--7-------------------7---10--7-------|
A|8-------5---8---10----------8-------5---8---10----------8-------|8-------5---8---10----------8-------5---8---10----------8-------|
D|5---9-----------------------5---9-----------------------5---9---|5---9-----------------------5---9-----------------------5---9---|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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