Phrygian dominant scale

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The Phrygian dominant scale is a Middle Eastern–sounding musical scale characterized by a flattened second and major third, commonly used in flamenco, Jewish, Arabic, and metal music.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf diatonic mode
guitar scale
heptatonic scale
musical scale
alternativeName Ahava Rabbah mode
Freygish scale
Hijaz scale
Spanish gypsy scale NERFINISHED
associatedWithCulture Arabic maqam tradition
Jewish liturgical music
Middle Eastern folk traditions
Romani music
Spanish music
characteristicInterval flattened second degree
major third degree
minor seventh degree
minor sixth degree
derivedFrom harmonic minor scale
intervalPattern 1–b2–3–4–5–b6–b7
intervalSteps semitone–augmented second–semitone–tone–semitone–tone–tone
modeOf harmonic minor scale
moodAssociation Middle Eastern sound
Spanish sound
dark sound
dramatic sound
exotic sound
relatedMode Mixolydian b9 b13
Phrygian mode NERFINISHED
relatedScale double harmonic major scale
harmonic minor scale
scaleDegreeRelation fifth mode of the harmonic minor scale
tonalCenter has strong dominant function over the tonic of the parent harmonic minor
typicalChord diminished triad on the major third degree
dominant seventh chord built on the tonic
dominant seventh flat nine chord built on the tonic
major triad on the tonic
minor triad on the flattened second degree
usedFor improvisation over V7 chords in minor keys
improvisation over dominant chords with flat nine
melodic material in flamenco progressions
usedInGenre Arabic music
Jewish music
Klezmer music NERFINISHED
Middle Eastern music
Turkish music
flamenco music
jazz fusion
metal music
neoclassical metal
progressive metal

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Ahavah Rabbah mode relatedTo Phrygian dominant scale