Gypsy scale
Musical scales based on Romani music
title: "Gypsy scale" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["heptatonic-scales", "romani-music", "musical-scales", "musical-scales-with-augmented-seconds"] description: "Musical scales based on Romani music" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gypsy_scale" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Musical scales based on Romani music ::
The term Gypsy scale refers to one of several musical scales named after their support of and association with Romani or Gypsy music.
- Double harmonic scale (major), the fifth mode of Hungarian minor, or Double Harmonic minor, scale, also known as the Byzantine scale.
- Hungarian minor scale, minor scale with raised fourth and seventh degrees, also known as Double Harmonic minor scale.
- Phrygian dominant scale, also known as Freygish or Jewish scale; Spanish Gypsy or Spanish Phrygian scale.
References
References
- "[http://www.flamenco-guitars.com/flamenco_modes_and_scales.html Flamenco Guitar Modes and Gyspsy [sic] Guitar Scales]", ''Flamenco-Guitars.com''.
- (23 February 2012). "Spanish Guitar Scales - TAB, Diagrams, Notation & Info".
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