The Phrygian dominant scale is the most metal of all the possible combinations of notes. As metal musicians, we are practically born knowing the power of this scale and all the riffs that were forged ...

Every month, Guitar Techniques attempts to answer guitarists' playing ... with an E minor chord symbol, whilst the second is the E Phrygian scale - the third mode of C major. Both examples contain ...

The exotic sounding Phrygian mode ... as a second guitar riffs around the colourful minor intervals. Instant metal! The V chord has a strong effect in any diatonic scale (we'll save the ...

Guitar lessons:: Aggressive rock and ... Just one different note (G#) changes the Phrygian scale to Phrygian Dominant. A more ‘major’ tinged sound, though still retaining the dramatic E to F semitone ...