SCALE REFERENCE

E Phrygian

E – F – G – A – B – C – D1 b2 b3 4 5 b6 b7

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

Notes & degrees
E1Fb2Gb3A4B5Cb6Db7
NotesE, F, G, A, B, C, D
StepsH – W – W – W – H – W – W (W = whole, H = half)
Piano
EFGABCD
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEFGABCDEBBCDEFGABGGABCDEFGDDEFGABCDAABCDEFGAEEFGABCDE

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

357912AABCDEFGAEEFGABCDECCDEFGABCGGABCDEFG

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
iEmEm7
♭IIFFmaj7
♭IIIGG7
ivAmAm7
v°BdimBm7♭5
♭VICCmaj7
♭viiDmDm7

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

iEm♭IIF♭IIIGivAmv°Bdim♭VIC♭viiDm
Other scales on E

Core scales & modes

E MajorE Natural MinorE Harmonic MinorE Melodic MinorE DorianE LydianE MixolydianE Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

E Major PentatonicE Minor PentatonicE BluesE Major Blues

Jazz & altered

E Harmonic MajorE Phrygian DominantE Lydian DominantE AlteredE Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

E Whole ToneE Diminished (Whole–Half)E Diminished (Half–Whole)E Augmented Scale

World & exotic

E Hungarian MinorE Double Harmonic MajorE Neapolitan Minor
Phrygian on another root
CC♯DE♭D♯EFF♯GG♯AB♭A♯B
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.