The character of the Phrygian mode comes from its b2nd and the clashing sound of two notes played a semitone apart. Compare the Phrygian mode to the most common minor scale of them all, the natural ...

A Phrygian mode (rhythm guitar riff) Here’s another minor Latin style progression using Am7, Bmaj7 and Gm7 chords within the Phrygian mode.

Long before people started thinking about pieces of music having ‘keys’, each mode is believed to have begun on a different note of the scale, conferring its own character to the set of notes running, ...

Because the E note is our best friend as metal guitar players, it’s easy to see how powerful this scale can be (assuming we are in standard tuning). I don’t know if it’s helpful to think of it this ...

Seth J. Coluzzi , Black Sheep, The Journal of Musicology, Vol. 30, No. 2 (Spring 2013), pp. 129-179 ...