The phrygian mode is dark and exotic sounding. The phrygian is the third mode and therefor starts on the third note of a major scale. If you use a C major scale as a basis for the mode you would start the scale on a E note. It can be tricky for some but the best way to get the sound of it in to your head is to play it over a E note or the E minor chord and get a feel for it's structure.
Before you go on make sure you know the major scale form that I presented before, here it is again:
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E Phrygian mode
E Phrygian chords
| With the table below you can figure out what major scale to play for each mode and what chords the mode works over. In the case of E phrygia, you see that you have to play the C major scale form staring on the third note of E (E, F, G, A, B, C, D, E). You can also see what modes to play over particular chords. In the case of minor 7 chord, you can play phrygian, dorian and aeolian modes over it. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Files:
Guitar pro 5: E_Phrygian.gp5
Midi: E_Phrygian.mid
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