SCALE REFERENCE

G Phrygian

G – A♭ – B♭ – C – D – E♭ – F1 b2 b3 4 5 b6 b7

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

Notes & degrees
G1A♭b2B♭b3C4D5E♭b6Fb7
NotesG, Ab, Bb, C, D, Eb, F
StepsH – W – W – W – H – W – W (W = whole, H = half)
Piano
GCDFA♭B♭E♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eFGA♭B♭CDE♭BCDE♭FGA♭B♭GGA♭B♭CDE♭FGDDE♭FGA♭B♭CDAB♭CDE♭FGA♭EFGA♭B♭CDE♭

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

357912AB♭CDE♭FGA♭EFGA♭B♭CDE♭CCDE♭FGA♭B♭CGGA♭B♭CDE♭FG

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
iGmGm7
♭IIA♭A♭maj7
♭IIIB♭B♭7
ivCmCm7
v°DdimDm7♭5
♭VIE♭E♭maj7
♭viiFmFm7

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

iGm♭IIA♭♭IIIB♭ivCmv°Ddim♭VIE♭♭viiFm
Other scales on G

Core scales & modes

G MajorG Natural MinorG Harmonic MinorG Melodic MinorG DorianG LydianG MixolydianG Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

G Major PentatonicG Minor PentatonicG BluesG Major Blues

Jazz & altered

G Harmonic MajorG Phrygian DominantG Lydian DominantG AlteredG Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

G Whole ToneG Diminished (Whole–Half)G Diminished (Half–Whole)G Augmented Scale

World & exotic

G Hungarian MinorG Double Harmonic MajorG 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.