Guitar scale companion
Learn the E Phrygian mode on guitar. Explore notes, intervals, and fretboard positions with an interactive chart.
Every E 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.
E Phrygian, E shape: the box around the E-shape E chord, taken from the C box of C Major (Ionian).
E shape tab (0-4) e |-0--1-----3---| B |-0--1-----3---| G |-0-----2------| D |-0-----2--3---| A |-0-----2--3---| E |-0--1-----3---|
E Phrygian, D shape: the box around the D-shape E chord, taken from the A box of C Major (Ionian).
D shape tab (2-6) e |----3-----5---| B |----3-----5--6| G |-2-----4--5---| D |-2--3-----5---| A |-2--3-----5---| E |----3-----5---|
E Phrygian, C shape: the box around the C-shape E chord, taken from the G box of C Major (Ionian).
C shape tab (4-8) e |----5-----7--8| B |----5--6-----8| G |-4--5-----7---| D |----5-----7---| A |----5-----7--8| E |----5-----7--8|
E Phrygian, A shape: the box around the A-shape E chord, taken from the E box of C Major (Ionian).
A shape tab (7-11) e |-7--8----10---| B |----8----10---| G |-7-----9-10---| D |-7-----9-10---| A |-7--8----10---| E |-7--8----10---|
E Phrygian, G shape: the box around the G-shape E chord, taken from the D box of C Major (Ionian).
G shape tab (9-13) e |---10----12-13| B |---10----12-13| G |-9-10----12---| D |-9-10----12---| A |---10----12---| E |---10----12-13|