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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

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rootscale 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)

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Position 2 (frets 5–10)

4567891011 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)

78910111213 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)

101112131415 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)

123456 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.

Related

Other scales from A♭

Phrygian mode in other keys