Guitar Scale Logic
G Phrygian Dominant Guitar Scale in Open C
Phrygian Dominant scale notes, fretboard positions and guitar tabs for Open C.
Scale Tablature
Position 1
E|------------------------------------1--3--| C|---------------------------0--2--3--------| G|------------------0--1--4-----------------| C|---------0--2--3--------------------------| G|0--1--4-----------------------------------| C|------------------------------------------|
Pattern shows scale notes in 0-4 frets for position 1.
Theory & Context
Why This Shape Works
G Phrygian Dominant in Open C tuning puts the notes G, G#, B, C, D, D#, F under your fingers in a layout that feels bright inside a dark frame, with a strong Middle Eastern pull. Open C delivers a large low register and a clear major framework, so the neck feels expansive and modern, especially for layered strumming and alternate-picked melody. On this page you can switch between all visible notes or five smaller positions, study a pre-rendered tab pattern for each zone and match the sound against chords that stay inside the scale. Because the interval formula is 1 b2 3 4 5 b6 b7, every diagram here is generated from exact semitone math instead of guessed text. Start with Position 1 to lock in the tonic, then connect Positions 2 and 3 so you can move into riffs, lead fills and improvised phrases without losing the key center.
Phrygian Dominant sounds bright inside a dark frame, with a strong Middle Eastern pull and is especially useful for metal leads, flamenco-inspired riffs and dramatic dominant vamps. Open C feels huge, modern and harmonically rich.
Emphasize the jump from b2 to 3 to define the mode instantly. In Open C, it adds width without losing too much melodic clarity.
- G
- G#
- B
- C
- D
- D#
- F
Suggested Chords
Works Well With This Scale
Chord options generated from the same note pool.
- G7dominant 7
- Gmajor
- Gsus4sus4
- G5power
- G#major
- G#5power
- G#mminor
- Csus4sus4
- C5power
- Cmminor