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G# Phrygian dominant scale

It has 7 notes: G# A B# C# D# E F#. Formula: 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7.

Degree1♭2345♭6♭7
NoteG#AB#C#D#EF#

Patterns

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

Position 4Open position, frets 0–4 · root G#
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Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 0 (b6), 2 (b7), 4 (1)
  • B: 1 (3), 2 (4), 4 (5)
  • G: 1 (1), 2 (b2)
  • D: 1 (5), 2 (b6), 4 (b7)
  • A: 0 (b2), 3 (3), 4 (4)
  • E: 0 (b6), 2 (b7), 4 (1)
Position 5Frets 3–7 · root G#
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Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 4 (1), 5 (b2)
  • B: 4 (5), 5 (b6), 7 (b7)
  • G: 5 (3), 6 (4)
  • D: 4 (b7), 6 (1), 7 (b2)
  • A: 3 (3), 4 (4), 6 (5), 7 (b6)
  • E: 4 (1), 5 (b2)
3 notes per string, from the rootFrets 4–9 · root G#
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Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 5 (b2), 8 (3), 9 (4)
  • B: 5 (b6), 7 (b7), 9 (1)
  • G: 5 (3), 6 (4), 8 (5)
  • D: 4 (b7), 6 (1), 7 (b2)
  • A: 4 (4), 6 (5), 7 (b6)
  • E: 4 (1), 5 (b2), 8 (3)
Position 1Frets 5–9 · root G#
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Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 5 (b2), 8 (3), 9 (4)
  • B: 5 (b6), 7 (b7), 9 (1)
  • G: 5 (3), 6 (4), 8 (5)
  • D: 6 (1), 7 (b2)
  • A: 6 (5), 7 (b6), 9 (b7)
  • E: 5 (b2), 8 (3), 9 (4)
Position 2Frets 7–11 · root G#
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Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 8 (3), 9 (4), 11 (5)
  • B: 7 (b7), 9 (1), 10 (b2)
  • G: 8 (5), 9 (b6)
  • D: 7 (b2), 10 (3), 11 (4)
  • A: 7 (b6), 9 (b7), 11 (1)
  • E: 8 (3), 9 (4), 11 (5)
Position 3Frets 10–14 · root G#
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Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 11 (5), 12 (b6), 14 (b7)
  • B: 10 (b2), 13 (3), 14 (4)
  • G: 11 (b7), 13 (1)
  • D: 10 (3), 11 (4), 13 (5), 14 (b6)
  • A: 11 (1), 12 (b2)
  • E: 11 (5), 12 (b6), 14 (b7)

Same notes, different home

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

Chords it fits

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