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It is often known as a Spanish Phrygian scale, as it is commonly used in Flamenco music. It is also known as '''Ahava Rabboh''' or '''Freygish''' when used in Hebrew Prayers and Klezmer music (earning it the additional title of the '''Jewish scale'''), or as the '''Hijaz scale''' when used in Turkish or Arabic music. Often, it has found application in modern progressive rock/metal, having been utilized notably by the band Dream Theater , and by Joe Satriani , who cites the Phrygian dominant as his favorite scale. The scale is unusual as the interval between the second and third degrees is an augmented second - giving it a "patchy" quality, like its sister, the harmonic minor scale. The sequence of Step s comprising the Phrygian dominant scale is When related to the scale degrees of the major scale, it reads like so: 1 - b2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - b6 - b7 - 1 Beginning on C, the scale is as follows: EXAMPLES IN POPULAR MUSIC Jefferson Airplane 's " White Rabbit ", Jimmy Somerville 's "So Cold The Night", Pink Floyd 's Matilda Mother and Shakira 's " Ojos Así/Eyes Like Yours " use the Phrygian dominant scale. The main theme music for the television series '' Rome '' is written in Phrygian dominant. EXTERNAL LINKS
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