Gypsy scale

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The Gypsy scale refers to a musical scale used in Gypsy music.

[edit] The two main kinds of Gypsy scales

There are two commonly used Gypsy scales:

[edit] Hungarian gypsy scale

• The Hungarian gypsy scale, which consists of a natural minor scale in which the fourth and seventh are sharp (or, alternatively, a major scale in which the third and sixth are flat and the fourth is sharp); it is the fourth mode of the Byzantine scale.

[edit] Spanish gypsy scale

• The Spanish gypsy scale, which is a scale that may be played on the white keys of a piano from E to E, but with the G sharpened. The Spanish Gypsy scale is one of the modes of the harmonic minor scale, and is also known as the Phrygian major scale or Phrygian dominant scale.