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Fig. 1 · F# Phrygian · first 12 frets

guitar scale

F♯ Phrygian

F♯1G♭2A♭3B4C♯5D♭6E♭7

Minor with a flattened second — the half step right above the tonic is the whole character.

The same sounds spelled from the other side are G♭ Phrygian.

on ukuleleon piano

Written out

Fig. 2 · F# Phrygian, ascending

Every accidental is written in, rather than left to a key signature, so the letters can be read one at a time.

The step pattern

F♯HGWAWBWC♯HDWEWF♯

What is true of it

F♯ Phrygian is F♯, G, A, B, C♯, D and E, and back to F♯.

Its steps are H – W – W – W – H – W – W, where W is a whole step and H a half.

On the same tonic, F♯ natural minor differs from it by exactly one note.

Across the first twelve frets of the guitar its notes fall in 48 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.

Chords made only of these notes

C♯dimdiminishedC♯m7♭5half-diminished seventhDmajorDmaj7major seventhEmminorEm7minor seventhF♯mminorF♯m7minor seventh

Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 7 sounds, not chosen.

Other scales on F♯

F♯ DorianmodeF♯ LydianmodeF♯ MixolydianmodeF♯ majormajorF♯ natural minorminorF♯ harmonic minorminor

C phrC♯ phrD♭ phrD phrD♯ phrE♭ phrE phrF phrall 374