Mode

G Phrygian

The G Phrygian mode — G Ab Bb C D Eb F — shown across the guitar neck.

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Swipe the neck sideways to see the higher frets.

G Phrygian is the natural minor with one note changed — the b2, Ab. 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
G   Ab   Bb   C   D   Eb   F
Intervals
1   b2   b3   4   5   b6   b7
Parent scale
Eb Major
Degree of parent
3
Open G Phrygian in the tool →

The tool shows this from its parent key, Eb major, with G marked as where Phrygian begins, the same seven notes centered on Eb.