Mode

Bb Phrygian

The Bb Phrygian mode (also written A#) — Bb Cb Db Eb F Gb Ab — shown across the guitar neck.

Also written A# Phrygian. A# and Bb are the same pitch — Bb is the spelling in common use.

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Swipe the neck sideways to see the higher frets.

Bb Phrygian is the natural minor with one note changed — the b2, Cb. That single note is what the mode sounds like; lean on it and the colour is obvious, avoid it and you are just playing minor.

Notes
Bb   Cb   Db   Eb   F   Gb   Ab
Intervals
1   b2   b3   4   5   b6   b7
Parent scale
Gb Major (also written F#)
Degree of parent
3
Open Bb Phrygian in the tool →

The tool shows this from its parent key, F# major, with A# — the same pitch as Bb — marked as where Phrygian begins, the same seven notes centered on F#.