Scale question

Lots of metal uses this scale. Use some harmonics on the 6, 7
I wonder if it is hungarian minor….
My instructor has called it the “spanish flamenco” scale 10 years ago.

5 6 9
5 6 8
6 7
5 7 8
4 5 7 8
5 6

@brekehan 9962 wrote:

Lots of metal uses this scale. Use some harmonics on the 6, 7
I wonder if it is hungarian minor….
My instructor has called it the “spanish flamenco” scale 10 years ago.

5 6 9
5 6 8
6 7
5 7 8
4 5 7 8
5 6

Hi brekehan, 🙂

I believe the scale you “pseudo-tabbed-out” is a (5th) position-pattern of an “A-Phrygian Dominant Scale.” This scale is derived from modally displacing a “D-Harmonic Minor Scale” to it’s fifth-degree, (which is “A.”) 😎

Thus:

“D-Harmonic Minor” = D E F G A Bb C#

Therefore:

“A-Phrygian Dominant” = A Bb C# D E F G

BTW, it’s “Phrygian” because of it’s “Flat-2nd,” and it’s “Dominant” because if you were to stack a 4-note chord from this scale’s 1st-3rd-5th-7th degrees, you’d yield: A – C# – E – G, which spells “A Dominant 7th” or just “A7.” 😉

Incidently, Yngwie J. Malmsteen has made a living off this scale (and it’s parent scale the Harmonic Minor.” – LOL! 😀 😉

I hope this helps! 😉

~Bill Meehan~ 😀

@scottiescott 10110 wrote:

And if you want to hear where Yngwie got it from take a listen to Sails of Charon by the Scorpions featuring the great Uli Jon Roth 🙂

Hi scottiescott, 🙂

You are correct about Uli Jon Roth’s influence on young YJM, but let’s NOT forget that they BOTH (YJM & UJR) were influenced by the prevailing Harmonic Minor Tonalities of some of the pivotal composers/musicians of the 17th/18th-century from the Baroque-Era (IE: J.S. Bach, Vivaldi, Handel, etc.) and then later on from the Classical-Era (IE:violinist Niccolo Paganini) 😉 😎

~Bill Meehan~ 😀