Guitar scale · harmonic & melodic
F Phrygian b4 Scale
Mode 3 of Harmonic Major: Phrygian with a lowered 4th.
Tap any note to hear it.
F Phrygian b4 Scale tab: all 5 positions
Each tab climbs from the low E string to the high e string. Play it up, then back down.
e|-----------------------------1-2-4-5-| B|-------------------------2-4---------| G|-------------------1-2-5-------------| D|-------------1-3-4-------------------| A|---------3-4-------------------------| E|-1-2-4-5-----------------------------|
e|-----------------------------4-5-| B|-----------------------4-6-7-----| G|-------------------5-6-----------| D|-----------3-4-6-7---------------| A|-----3-4-6-----------------------| E|-4-5-----------------------------|
e|-----------------------------5-8-9-| B|-----------------------6-7-9-------| G|-----------------5-6-8-------------| D|-------------6-7-------------------| A|-------6-8-9-----------------------| E|-5-8-9-----------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------8-9-11-| B|--------------------------------9-10--------| G|------------------------8-10-11-------------| D|------------------10-11---------------------| A|--------8-9-11-12---------------------------| E|-8-9-11-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------11-13-14-| B|-------------------------------------13-14----------| G|-------------------------10-11-13-14----------------| D|----------------10-11-13----------------------------| A|----------11-12-------------------------------------| E|-11-13-14-------------------------------------------|
How to play F Phrygian b4 on guitar
Find the root first: F is at fret 1 on the low E string and fret 8 on the A string. The blue notes on the diagram are every F on the neck; the gold ones are the rest of the scale's home chord (♭3, 5, ♭7), the safest notes to land on at the end of a phrase.
Learn it one box at a time. Position 1, the E shape, sits at frets 1–5. Once it's under your fingers, move to position 2 (the D shape) and play the notes the two boxes share, then keep going up the neck. After all five, the scale joins up into one pattern across the whole fretboard.
Degrees
| Degree | Note |
|---|---|
| 1 | F |
| ♭2 | Gb |
| ♭3 | Ab |
| ♭4 | A |
| 5 | C |
| ♭6 | Db |
| ♭7 | Eb |
Chords in F Phrygian b4
Stack every other note of the scale and you get these seven chords. They are the chords that sound "at home" in F Phrygian b4; tap one to see its shapes.
| Degree | Chord | 7th chord | Function |
|---|---|---|---|
| i | Fm | Fm7 | Tonic |
| ♭ii | Gbm | Gbm(maj7) | Supertonic |
| ♭III | Ab | Ab7 | Mediant |
| ♭IV+ | Aaug | Amaj7#5 | Subdominant |
| v° | Cdim | Cdim7 | Dominant |
| ♭VI | Db | Dbmaj7 | Submediant |
| ♭vii° | Ebdim | Ebm7b5 | Leading tone / subtonic |
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Questions
- What notes are in the F Phrygian b4 Scale?
- The F Phrygian b4 Scale has 7 notes: F, Gb, Ab, A, C, Db, Eb.
- What chords are in the F Phrygian b4 Scale?
- The chords of F Phrygian b4 are Fm (i), Gbm (♭ii), Ab (♭III), Aaug (♭IV+), Cdim (v°), Db (♭VI), Ebdim (♭vii°).
- What is the formula of the phrygian b4 scale?
- 1 ♭2 ♭3 ♭4 5 ♭6 ♭7, which is the step pattern H W H W+H H W W (W = whole step, H = half step).
- Where do I play F Phrygian b4 on the guitar?
- The root F is at fret 1 on the low E string and fret 8 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 1–5, and four more positions connect it up the neck.