D phrygian mode on guitar
D E♭ F G A B♭ C (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
A
B♭
C
D
E♭
F
G
A
B♭
C
D
D
E♭
F
G
A
B♭
C
D
E♭
F
G
G
A
B♭
C
D
E♭
F
G
A
B♭
C
C
D
E♭
F
G
A
B♭
C
D
E♭
F
G
A
B♭
C
D
E♭
F
G
A
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 10–13)
9 10 11 12 13 14
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 0–4)
1 2 3 4 5
E
A
D
G
B
e
♭3
4
5
♭7
1
♭3
4
5
♭7
1
♭3
4
♭6
♭2
♭6
♭2
Position 3 (frets 2–6)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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 5–8)
4 5 6 7 8 9
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 6–11)
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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 .