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G Phrygian dominant scale

It has 7 notes: G Ab B C D Eb F. Formula: 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7.

Degree1♭2345♭6♭7
NoteGAbBCDEbF

Patterns

Strings run like tab: high e on top. Numbers are scale degrees; amber dots are the root.

Position 5Frets 2–6 · root G
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Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 3 (1), 4 (b2)
  • B: 3 (5), 4 (b6), 6 (b7)
  • G: 4 (3), 5 (4)
  • D: 3 (b7), 5 (1), 6 (b2)
  • A: 2 (3), 3 (4), 5 (5), 6 (b6)
  • E: 3 (1), 4 (b2)
3 notes per string, from the rootFrets 3–8 · root G
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Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 4 (b2), 7 (3), 8 (4)
  • B: 4 (b6), 6 (b7), 8 (1)
  • G: 4 (3), 5 (4), 7 (5)
  • D: 3 (b7), 5 (1), 6 (b2)
  • A: 3 (4), 5 (5), 6 (b6)
  • E: 3 (1), 4 (b2), 7 (3)
Position 1Frets 4–8 · root G
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Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 4 (b2), 7 (3), 8 (4)
  • B: 4 (b6), 6 (b7), 8 (1)
  • G: 4 (3), 5 (4), 7 (5)
  • D: 5 (1), 6 (b2)
  • A: 5 (5), 6 (b6), 8 (b7)
  • E: 4 (b2), 7 (3), 8 (4)
Position 2Frets 6–10 · root G
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Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 7 (3), 8 (4), 10 (5)
  • B: 6 (b7), 8 (1), 9 (b2)
  • G: 7 (5), 8 (b6)
  • D: 6 (b2), 9 (3), 10 (4)
  • A: 6 (b6), 8 (b7), 10 (1)
  • E: 7 (3), 8 (4), 10 (5)
Position 3Frets 9–13 · root G
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Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 10 (5), 11 (b6), 13 (b7)
  • B: 9 (b2), 12 (3), 13 (4)
  • G: 10 (b7), 12 (1)
  • D: 9 (3), 10 (4), 12 (5), 13 (b6)
  • A: 10 (1), 11 (b2)
  • E: 10 (5), 11 (b6), 13 (b7)
Position 4Frets 11–15 · root G
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Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 11 (b6), 13 (b7), 15 (1)
  • B: 12 (3), 13 (4), 15 (5)
  • G: 12 (1), 13 (b2)
  • D: 12 (5), 13 (b6), 15 (b7)
  • A: 11 (b2), 14 (3), 15 (4)
  • E: 11 (b6), 13 (b7), 15 (1)

Same notes, different home

These scales use exactly the same notes, centered on a different root.

Chords it fits

This scale in other keys

Other scales in G

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