Root Shuffling
The root jumps to a new pitch periodically during gameplay — the same noteset is reseated on a fresh root, building the ability to summon the noteset by its type from any root. This makes playing in any key trivial.
Phrygian on guitar, by ear
Hear a phrase from the phrygian and play it back on the guitar here — then on yours. The root moves each round; press Play, and answer with Space when you have it. The browser only plays — the app listens.
Phrygian
A minor mode with a flat 2nd — dark and exotic
Phrygian is a minor major mode with a flat 2nd — the darkest of the three. The flat 2nd, just one semitone above the root, creates a distinctive, exotic tension. Intense and dramatic.
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Tempo
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What you’re practising
Phrygian
A minor mode with a flat 2nd — dark and exotic
Phrygian is a minor major mode with a flat 2nd — the darkest of the three. The flat 2nd, just one semitone above the root, creates a distinctive, exotic tension. Intense and dramatic.
Root Shuffling. The root jumps to a new pitch periodically while the noteset type stays constant How it works →
On the guitar: six strings in standard tuning, the first twelve frets. Also called the phrygian mode, phrygian scale.