Take your next step with modal scales as we look at the clashing, dissonant tones of the Phrygian mode. Modes are a simple concept - think of them as scales that ...

D Dorian. It’s the mode used in Eleanor Rigby and Scarborough Fair. Step 6: Continuing in this vein, the next mode is the Phrygian mode, created by starting a major scale from its third degree - in ...

The exotic sounding Phrygian mode is employed by everyone from Latin rockers to classic metallers like Black Sabbath and Metallica. It's also a go-to for guitarists faking their way through a ...

The seven main categories of mode have been part of musical notation since the middle ages. So, the list goes: Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian and Locrian. Some of them are major ...