Guitar scale companion
Learn the C Phrygian mode on guitar. Explore notes, intervals, and fretboard positions with an interactive chart.
Every C Phrygian Mode note across the neck, with roots highlighted for quick orientation.
Frets 0–24. Select a position or tap a note to hear it.
These CAGED-family boxes show the same scale in complete practical areas before you explore the full neck. Each one surrounds a CAGED chord shape; see how the five shapes connect in the CAGED system.
C Phrygian, C shape: the box around the C-shape C chord, taken from the G box of G# Major (Ionian).
C shape tab (0-4) e |----1-----3--4| B |----1--2-----4| G |-0--1-----3---| D |----1-----3---| A |----1-----3--4| E |----1-----3--4|
C Phrygian, A shape: the box around the A-shape C chord, taken from the E box of G# Major (Ionian).
A shape tab (3-7) e |-3--4-----6---| B |----4-----6---| G |-3-----5--6---| D |-3-----5--6---| A |-3--4-----6---| E |-3--4-----6---|
C Phrygian, G shape: the box around the G-shape C chord, taken from the D box of G# Major (Ionian).
G shape tab (5-9) e |----6-----8--9| B |----6-----8--9| G |-5--6-----8---| D |-5--6-----8---| A |----6-----8---| E |----6-----8--9|
C Phrygian, E shape: the box around the E-shape C chord, taken from the C box of G# Major (Ionian).
E shape tab (8-12) e |-8--9----11---| B |-8--9----11---| G |-8----10------| D |-8----10-11---| A |-8----10-11---| E |-8--9----11---|
C Phrygian, D shape: the box around the D-shape C chord, taken from the A box of G# Major (Ionian).
D shape tab (10-14) e |---11----13---| B |---11----13-14| G |10----12-13---| D |10-11----13---| A |10-11----13---| E |---11----13---|