Fretboard Practice

Phrygian Dominant guitar scale

See the Phrygian Dominant scale on a guitar fretboard, learn its notes and degrees, and practice it in any key.

What it is

The fifth mode of harmonic minor: Phrygian with a major 3rd. Spanish, flamenco and Middle Eastern, with a dark pull and a bright major third.

How to use it

Play it over the dominant chord of a minor key (V7♭9) and over a major chord with a flat 2nd above it (I to ♭II), as in flamenco, metal and surf rock.

Open Phrygian Dominant on the fretboard