Finger exercises to build strength, coordination, and clean fretting from the first session.
Phrygian Foundations
Build a dark minor fretboard around Phrygian's flat second, connect the defining i-II movement across all seven positions, and create modal vamps without importing Phrygian dominant's raised third.
Each stage centers one musical target. Its activities stay grouped together so the course reads as a path through the fretboard, not a list of disconnected drills.
MechanicsScalesArpeggiosChordsProgressionsJams
- Stages
- 7
- Lessons
- 41
- Targets
- 385
Stage path
Phrygian stays visible as the parent map while each stage shifts the harmonic target and adds the positions needed for that sound.
Establish Position 1 and i minor 7 as the dark tonal anchor before introducing the flat-two harmony.
5Tracks5Lessons15Targets
Center the Phrygian map on i while connecting ascending and descending sequences across Position 1.
Isolate the i triad tones while preserving the same focus-first position order.
Build the native i Minor 7 sound inside the newly introduced Position 1.
Combine the first Phrygian scale, arpeggio, and chord shapes over a four-bar i vamp.
Add Position 3 and II major 7, making the defining half-step-above tonic color playable in both directions.
6Tracks6Lessons30Targets
Finger exercises to build strength, coordination, and clean fretting from the first session.
Center the Phrygian map on II while connecting ascending and descending sequences across Positions 1 + 3.
Isolate the II triad tones while preserving the same focus-first position order.
Build the native II Major 7 sound inside the newly introduced Position 3.
Use the new II sound in short modal movements built only from functions introduced through this stage.
Move between II in Position 3 and i in Position 1 while keeping the Phrygian parent map intact.
Add Position 5 and VI major 7, widening the dark major-chord palette around the i-II center.
6Tracks6Lessons44Targets
Finger exercises to build strength, coordination, and clean fretting from the first session.
Center the Phrygian map on VI while connecting ascending and descending sequences across Positions 1 + 3 + 5.
Isolate the VI triad tones while preserving the same focus-first position order.
Build the native VI Major 7 sound inside the newly introduced Position 5.
Use the new VI sound in short modal movements built only from functions introduced through this stage.
Move between VI in Position 5 and i in Position 1 while keeping the Phrygian parent map intact.
Add Position 2 and vii minor 7 as a close lower-neighbor route back toward the Phrygian tonic.
6Tracks6Lessons56Targets
Finger exercises to build strength, coordination, and clean fretting from the first session.
Center the Phrygian map on vii while connecting ascending and descending sequences across Positions 1 + 2 + 3 + 5.
Isolate the vii triad tones while preserving the same focus-first position order.
Build the native vii Minor 7 sound inside the newly introduced Position 2.
Use the new vii sound in short modal movements built only from functions introduced through this stage.
Move between vii in Position 2 and i in Position 1 while keeping the Phrygian parent map intact.
Add Position 4 and iv minor 7, extending the mode's minor movement without weakening the flat second.
6Tracks6Lessons68Targets
Finger exercises to build strength, coordination, and clean fretting from the first session.
Center the Phrygian map on iv while connecting ascending and descending sequences across Positions 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5.
Isolate the iv triad tones while preserving the same focus-first position order.
Build the native iv Minor 7 sound inside the newly introduced Position 4.
Use the new iv sound in short modal movements built only from functions introduced through this stage.
Move between iv in Position 4 and i in Position 1 while keeping the Phrygian parent map intact.
Add Position 7 and III dominant 7, hearing its native pull toward VI inside the unchanged Phrygian collection.
6Tracks6Lessons80Targets
Finger exercises to build strength, coordination, and clean fretting from the first session.
Center the Phrygian map on III while connecting ascending and descending sequences across Positions 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 7.
Isolate the III triad tones while preserving the same focus-first position order.
Build the native III Dominant 7 sound inside the newly introduced Position 7.
Use the new III sound in short modal movements built only from functions introduced through this stage.
Move between III in Position 7 and i in Position 1 while keeping the Phrygian parent map intact.
Add Position 6 and v half-diminished, completing all seven Phrygian positions without introducing a chromatic dominant chord.
6Tracks6Lessons92Targets
Finger exercises to build strength, coordination, and clean fretting from the first session.
Center the Phrygian map on v° while connecting ascending and descending sequences across all seven positions.
Isolate the v° triad tones while preserving the same focus-first position order.
Build the native vø m7b5 sound inside the newly introduced Position 6.
Use the new vø sound in short modal movements built only from functions introduced through this stage.
Move between vø in Position 6 and i in Position 1 while keeping the Phrygian parent map intact.