Tuning-specific scale diagram

G Phrygian Scale in Open E Tuning

G Phrygian Scale in Open E Tuning shows the same g phrygian scale pitch classes across 6 strings tuned E B E G# B E. The tuning changes where the same pitch classes sit across the fretboard.

Scale notes: G, Ab, Bb, C, D, Eb, F
Formula: 1 b2 b3 4 5 b6 b7
Semitones: 0 1 3 5 7 8 10
Parent scale: Eb major
Tuning: E B E G# B E
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: E2 to E4
24-fret range: E2 to E6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to G Phrygian Scale: string 3 Ab (b2). None of those open-string tones is the G root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 3Abb2

First root on each string

String 6Fret 3

String 5Fret 8

String 4Fret 3

String 3Fret 11

String 2Fret 8

String 1Fret 3

Low-string pattern

On the lowest E string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 11, with the G root at fret 3. On the highest E string, the first G is at fret 3.

Fret 1Fb7

Fret 3G1

Fret 4Abb2

Fret 6Bbb3

Fret 8C4

Fret 10D5

Fret 11Ebb6

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play G Phrygian Scale on the low E string at frets 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Ab on open string 3 ring, then connect it to the nearest G root and two other scale tones.
Connect the G root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 3, 8, 3, 11, 8, and 3, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.