Songs that use the Phrygian mode

Phrygian has a sound much like the minor scale but with a darker edge. A common choice in metal, prog and hip-hop, Phrygian introduces an exotic, unnerving sound to a song’s tonality. Today we’re going to look at some examples of the phrygian mode in action and also look at some similar scales including the Double Harmonic scale and Phrygian Dominant. 📍 CORRECTION 1: at 4:45 the sheet music for “Milkshake” should show three Ds before descending to C#, not just one! Sorry about that and thanks to Asle Fjeldstad for bringing it to my attention. 📍 CORRECTION 2: at 11:05 I said that “Misirlou“ started as an Arabic folk song, but in fact it seems it was Greek. Thanks to Theo Querel for bringing that to my attention. SOURCES: Phrygian mode in Kendrick’s “HUMBLE”: Early version of “Misirlou”: 12 tone analysing “White Rabbit”: Listening In analysing “Pyramid