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C Phrygian Scale in Two-Octave Scales & Modes on Bass

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Summary: Play the C Phrygian scale in two octave scales and modes on a bass guitar; learn how from our expert bass guitar player in this free music instruction video.

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C Phrygian Scale in Two-Octave Scales & Modes on Bass

CASEY CORMIER: Okay. Now let us look at our third mode, our Phrygian mode, in terms of scale degrees, in altered scale degrees. So let's say in C Phrygian we have--this would be our one, now we have a flat 2 already we have altered scale degree C, flat1 and a flat2, C flat--flat 2 sorry there is no flat 1, 1-flat 2-flat 3-4-5 is normal, flat 6-flat7 and 1. So it is 1-flat 2-flat 3-4-5-flat 6-flat 7-1. It is very similar to the natural minor scale if you will notice except for the natural minor we will see later does not have a flat 2, so it makes the Phrygian interesting and different. Now since this is a 3rd scale degree, this would be the 3rd scale degree of an A flat, see 1-2-3 in A flat major. So A flat major is our home key, our Ionian to this Phrygian. Let us move that to E flat, see the movable structure here and you can go 1-2-4 with our fingers first-second-fourth-first-third-fourth. And similarly, we walk up one string and back one and up one fret--up one string and one fret to find their relative, but if this is E then this would be actually not a B but looks at it a C flat though because we have to go C flat, D flat then E flat to get this. So a C flat major which is just all flats C flat, D flat, E flat, F flat, G flat, A flat, B flat back to C flat is our relative Ionian to our E flat Phrygian.

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