Spanish Gypsy Scale / Altered Phrygian Scale / Freygish Scale

This is a musical scale called the Spanish Gypsy scale (also called altered Phrygian scale or Freygish/Fraigish scale). This scale features an unusual key signature and a distinctive augmented second interval, is the fifth mode of the harmonic minor scale, the fifth being the dominant. Also called the Phrygian dominant scale, harmonic minor perfect fifth below, dominant flat 2 flat 6 (in jazz), or simply the fifth mode of the harmonic minor scale, it is constructed by raising the third scale degree of the Phrygian mode. It occurs commonly in Jewish, Greek, Turkish, Arab, Persian, and Flamenco cg music. Examples include some versions of "Hava Nagila" and "Misirlou", with other versions of those melodies using the closely related double harmonic scale. The scale is very common in Middle Eastern music, particularly Arabic and Egyptian music. It is also known as Ahava Rabbah or Freygish when used in Hebrew prayers and Klezmer music (earning it the additional title of the "Jewish scale"), as the Hijaz-Nahawand or Bayati maqam when used in Turkish or Arabic music, or as Bidād in Dastgāh-e Homāyoun in Persian music. In North Indian classical music, this scale corresponds to the raga Basant Mukhari. In South Indian classical music, this scale is known as Vakulabharanam.