{{Short description|Fifth mode of the harmonic minor scale}} thumb | right | alt=musical notation of the Phrygian dominant scale | Phrygian dominant scale (Ahavah Rabbah written) In music, the '''Phrygian dominant scale''' also known as '''Phrygian ♮3''' or '''Double Harmonic Major ♭7''' is the fifth mode of the harmonic minor scale, the fifth being the dominant.<ref name="Hunter">Dave Hunter (2005). ''Play Acoustic'', San Francisco: Backbeat, p. 226. {{ISBN|978-0-87930-853-7}}.</ref> It is also called the '''harmonic dominant''', '''altered Phrygian scale''', '''dominant flat 2 flat 6''' (in jazz), '''Hijaz''', or '''Freygish scale''' (also spelled Fraigish<ref name="W&F">Dick Weissman, Dan Fox (2009). ''A Guide to Non-Jazz Improvisation'', guitar edition, Pacific, Missouri: Mel Bay, p. 130. {{ISBN|978-0-7866-0751-8}}.</ref>). It resembles the Phrygian mode but with a major third, rather than a minor third.
In the Berklee method, it is known as the Mixolydian {{music|b}}9 {{music|b}}13 chord scale, a Mixolydian scale with a lowered 9th (2nd) and lowered 13th (6th), used in secondary dominant chord scales for V<sup>7</sup>/III and V<sup>7</sup>/VI.
== Construction == Built on C, the scale is as follows. : <score sound="1"> { \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 7/4 c4^\markup { Phrygian dominant scale on C } des e f g aes bes c2 } } </score> When related to the scale degrees of the major scale, it reads: :1 – {{music|b}}2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – {{music|b}}6 – {{music|b}}7 – 1 The sequence of steps forming the Phrygian dominant scale is: *half – augmented second – half – whole – half – whole – whole
==Traditional use== This scale occurs in Indian, Middle Eastern, Balkan, Greek music, Eastern European, Central Asian, and flamenco music. It is also present in Arabic and Egyptian music, in which it is called ''{{ill|Hijaz maqam|ar|مقام الحجاز}}'',<ref>{{cite book|last=Peter Manuel|editor=Michael Tenzer|title=Analytical Studies in World Music|url=https://archive.org/details/analyticalstudie00tenz|url-access=registration|year=2006|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=New York|page=[https://archive.org/details/analyticalstudie00tenz/page/96 96]}}</ref> and is also frequently used in the recitation of the Quran, the holy book of Islam. The scale is used in Hebrew prayers and Klezmer music as well, where it is known as ''Ahava Rabbah'', ''Freygish'' or just the "Jewish scale", and is called ''Dastgāh-e Homayun'' in Iran.{{Citation needed|date=January 2018}} It is the most common scale in North Indian classical raga ''Hijaz Bhairav ({{ill|Basant Mukhari|new|राग बसन्त मुखारी}})'' and South Indian raga ''Vakulabharanam''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://srutimag.blogspot.com/2013/09/raga-basant-mukhari.html|title=Raga Basant Mukhari|date=2 September 2013|website=srutimag.blogspot.com|access-date=18 April 2018}}</ref>
It is sometimes called the ''Spanish Phrygian scale'', ''Spanish Gypsy scale'' (see: gypsy scale) or ''Phrygian major scale'' (see: phrygian mode and major scale) and is common in flamenco music.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z2pvq-XXJpwC&q=Phrygian+dominant+scale+extremely+common+in+middle+eastern+music&pg=PA61|author1=Scott Jarrett|author2=Holly Day|title=Music Composition for Dummies|place=Hoboken, New Jersey|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|year=2008|page=61|isbn=978-0-470-22421-2}}</ref> It can also be found in traditional Spanish songs outside flamenco, everywhere in Spain to varying amounts, but especially in southern and central areas of the country, often being also known as ''escala andaluza'' (''Andalusian scale'') in Spanish.<ref name=Criville>{{cite web|url=http://media.cervantesvirtual.com/jdiaz/rf006.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417071255/http://media.cervantesvirtual.com/jdiaz/rf006.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2018-04-17|title=Sistemas, modos y escalas en la música tradicional española (notas para un estudio), Revista de Folklore Nº 6|first=Josep|last=Crivillé i Bargalló|date=1981|website=media.cervantesvirtual.com|access-date=9 April 2019}}</ref> Related scales in Spanish traditional music with chromatic notes in the second degree, varying between a semitone and a tone, are also known as "gama española" ("Spanish gamut") or "gama de Castilla y León" (gamut of Castile and León) and, though found all over Spain, are particularly common in Castilian and Leonese traditional songs.<ref name=Criville />
The flatted second and the augmented second between the second and third scale degrees of the scale create its distinctive sound. Examples include some versions of "Hava Nagila",<ref name="Hunter"/> "Sha Shtil" and "Misirlou", while other versions of those melodies use the closely related "double harmonic scale".<ref name="W&F"/> The main chords derived from this scale are I, {{music|b}}II, iv, and vii.<ref name="W&F"/>
When the Freygish scale is used in Klezmer music, the sixth degree may be left unflatted if it is melodically approached and left from above,<ref>Ilana Cravitz (January 2004) [https://web.archive.org/web/20120218082039/http://www.manchesterklezmer.org/pages_history_musicology/what_is_klezmer_scales.html Klezmer – Modes and Scales]", ''ManchesterKlezmer.org'' at archive.org (Accessed 23 November 2014).</ref> or the seventh degree may be raised as well.
The Phrygian dominant scale is often used in jazz composition and improvisation over secondary dominants of minor chords in a major key, such as the VI<sup>7</sup> chord in a VI<sup>7</sup>-ii<sup>7</sup>-V<sup>7</sup>-I progression. Some modal jazz compositions, such as "Nardis" by Miles Davis, are composed in the Phrygian dominant mode.
==See also== *Hungarian minor scale *Ukrainian Dorian scale *Flamenco mode *Mixolydian mode#Moloch scale *Neapolitan chord
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==Further reading== *Hewitt, Michael. ''Musical Scales of the World''. The Note Tree. 2013. {{ISBN|978-0957547001}}.
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