A♭ phrygian mode on guitar
A♭ B♭♭ C♭ D♭ E♭ F♭ G♭ (1 ♭2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7)
Minor with a ♭2: dark, Spanish, metal.
The whole neck
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
E
A
D
G
B
e
F♭
G♭
A♭
B♭♭
C♭
D♭
E♭
F♭
G♭
A♭
B♭♭
B♭♭
C♭
D♭
E♭
F♭
G♭
A♭
B♭♭
C♭
D♭
E♭
F♭
G♭
A♭
B♭♭
C♭
D♭
E♭
F♭
G♭
A♭
B♭♭
C♭
D♭
E♭
F♭
G♭
A♭
B♭♭
C♭
C♭
D♭
E♭
F♭
G♭
A♭
B♭♭
C♭
D♭
E♭
F♭
F♭
G♭
A♭
B♭♭
C♭
D♭
E♭
F♭
G♭
A♭
B♭♭
root scale noteLow E string at the bottom.
Open it on the interactive fretboard
The 5 CAGED positions
Positions: the five CAGED shapes, each built around a pentatonic box with the other two notes slotted in. One finger per fret, with the odd stretch. Each one shares its edge notes with the next. Dots show scale degrees: 1 is the root.
Position 1 (frets 4–7)
3 4 5 6 7 8
E
A
D
G
B
e
1
♭3
4
5
♭7
1
♭3
4
5
♭7
1
♭3
♭2
♭6
♭2
♭6
♭2
Position 2 (frets 5–10)
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
E
A
D
G
B
e
♭3
4
5
♭7
1
♭3
4
5
♭7
1
♭3
4
♭6
♭2
♭6
♭2
♭2
Position 3 (frets 8–12)
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
E
A
D
G
B
e
4
5
♭7
1
♭3
4
5
♭7
1
♭3
4
5
♭6
♭2
♭6
♭2
♭6
Position 4 (frets 11–14)
10 11 12 13 14 15
E
A
D
G
B
e
5
♭7
1
♭3
4
5
♭7
1
♭3
4
5
♭7
♭6
♭2
♭6
♭2
♭6
Position 5 (frets 0–5)
1 2 3 4 5 6
E
A
D
G
B
e
♭7
1
♭3
4
5
♭7
1
♭3
4
5
♭7
1
♭2
♭6
♭2
♭6
♭6
♭2
Three-notes-per-string shapes (7 of them) are on the interactive fretboard .