Phrygian

Phrygian is a minor mode with a b2 instead of a natural 2, the darkest of the common minor modes. That half-step above the root gives Phrygian its flamenco-adjacent, tense sound.

3rd mode of the Major scale

Minor

Intervals

1 b2 b3 4 5 b6 b7

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Chords

Triads

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7th Chords

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