Phrygian Melodies (Root Shuffling)

Melodies GameHear a melody in one octave, play it back
PhrygianA minor mode with a flat 2nd — dark and exotic

Hear & play phrygian melodies in an octave in time, with root shuffling.

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The instrumentTap a note to hear it.

Why

  • Drill phrygian in any key on reflex — the minor scale with a ♭2. The root jumps as you go, so you hear the mode itself, not one fixed key.

How it plays

Root ShufflingTimedSingle Octave

Where it leads

Color
Minor Scale Melodies (Root Shuffling)→ Aeolian (Natural Minor)Mixolydian Melodies (Root Shuffling)→ Mixolydian
Harder
Phrygian Melodies (Range Shifting)→ range shifting

Part of

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