Phrygian dominant scale

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diatonic mode guitar scale heptatonic scale musical scale

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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Phrygian dominant scale canonical	2
Spanish Gypsy scale	1
Spanish gypsy scale	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]

A. Phrygian
Phrygian was an ancient Indo-European language once spoken in central Anatolia, known primarily from inscriptions and associated with the Phrygian kingdom.
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.
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.
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.
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.

A. Phrygian
Phrygian was an ancient Indo-European language once spoken in central Anatolia, known primarily from inscriptions and associated with the Phrygian kingdom.
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.
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.
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.
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 ⓘ guitar scale ⓘ heptatonic scale ⓘ musical scale ⓘ
alternativeName	Ahava Rabbah mode ⓘ Freygish scale ⓘ Hijaz scale ⓘ Spanish gypsy scale ⓘ linked to: Phrygian dominant scale
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ linked to: Klezmer Middle Eastern music ⓘ Turkish music ⓘ flamenco music ⓘ jazz fusion ⓘ metal music ⓘ neoclassical metal ⓘ progressive metal ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ahavah Rabbah mode → relatedTo → Phrygian dominant scale ⓘ

Phrygian dominant scale → alternativeName → Spanish gypsy scale ⓘ

linked to: Phrygian dominant scale

Hijaz scale → relatedTo → Phrygian dominant scale ⓘ

Hijaz scale → relatedTo → Spanish Gypsy scale ⓘ