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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Phrygian dominant scale canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6383270 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Phrygian dominant scale Context triple: [Ahavah Rabbah mode, relatedTo, Phrygian dominant scale]
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A.
Phrygian
Phrygian was an ancient Indo-European language once spoken in central Anatolia, known primarily from inscriptions and associated with the Phrygian kingdom.
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the Tristan chord
The Tristan chord is a famously ambiguous and harmonically innovative chord in Richard Wagner’s opera *Tristan und Isolde* that is often cited as a pivotal moment in the development of modern Western music.
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C.
Pythagorean tuning
Pythagorean tuning is a musical tuning system based on pure perfect fifths derived from simple whole-number ratios, historically linked to the mathematical and philosophical ideas of the Pythagoreans.
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D.
E minor
E minor is a natural minor musical key centered on the note E, commonly used in Western music for its dark yet expressive character.
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E.
E-flat major
E-flat major is a musical key characterized by three flats, often associated with warm, lyrical, and noble-sounding compositions in classical and popular music.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Phrygian dominant scale Target entity description: 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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A.
Phrygian
Phrygian was an ancient Indo-European language once spoken in central Anatolia, known primarily from inscriptions and associated with the Phrygian kingdom.
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B.
the Tristan chord
The Tristan chord is a famously ambiguous and harmonically innovative chord in Richard Wagner’s opera *Tristan und Isolde* that is often cited as a pivotal moment in the development of modern Western music.
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C.
Pythagorean tuning
Pythagorean tuning is a musical tuning system based on pure perfect fifths derived from simple whole-number ratios, historically linked to the mathematical and philosophical ideas of the Pythagoreans.
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D.
E minor
E minor is a natural minor musical key centered on the note E, commonly used in Western music for its dark yet expressive character.
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E.
E-flat major
E-flat major is a musical key characterized by three flats, often associated with warm, lyrical, and noble-sounding compositions in classical and popular music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
diatonic mode
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guitar scale ⓘ heptatonic scale ⓘ musical scale ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Ahava Rabbah mode
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Freygish scale ⓘ Hijaz scale ⓘ Spanish gypsy scale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCulture |
Arabic maqam tradition
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Jewish liturgical music ⓘ Middle Eastern folk traditions ⓘ Romani music ⓘ Spanish music ⓘ |
| characteristicInterval |
flattened second degree
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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
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Spanish sound ⓘ dark sound ⓘ dramatic sound ⓘ exotic sound ⓘ |
| relatedMode |
Mixolydian b9 b13
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Phrygian mode NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedScale |
double harmonic major scale
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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
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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
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improvisation over dominant chords with flat nine ⓘ melodic material in flamenco progressions ⓘ |
| usedInGenre |
Arabic music
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Jewish music ⓘ Klezmer music NERFINISHED ⓘ Middle Eastern music ⓘ Turkish music ⓘ flamenco music ⓘ jazz fusion ⓘ metal music ⓘ neoclassical metal ⓘ progressive metal ⓘ |
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Subject: Phrygian dominant scale Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (1)
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