What notes are in the C Phrygian scale?

C Phrygian contains C, Db, Eb, F, G, Ab, Bb. Its interval pattern from the root is H – W – W – W – H – W – W (W = whole, H = half).

What chords are in the key of C Phrygian?

The diatonic triads are Cm, Db, Eb, Fm, Gdim, Ab, Bbm.

SCALE REFERENCE

C – D♭ – E♭ – F – G – A♭ – B♭1 b2 b3 4 5 b6 b7

Minor with a flat 2nd — dark and Spanish-tinged. The 3rd mode of the major scale.

Notes & degrees

C1D♭b2E♭b3F4G5A♭b6B♭b7

Notes	C, Db, Eb, F, G, Ab, Bb
Steps	H – W – W – W – H – W – W (W = whole, H = half)

Piano

Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)

Root notes are red. The full map of the scale on the guitar neck; the common box patterns are groups of these notes.

The same scale on a ukulele in standard G–C–E–A tuning.

Chords in the key

These are the chords built by stacking scale notes in thirds. Click through for each chord's own diagrams:

Other scales on C

Phrygian on another root

Keep exploring

See the diatonic chords with audio in the Scale & Chord Finder, find where a key sits among the others on the Circle of Fifths, or start the free Cloud Atelier music guides.