Phrygian dominant scale

The augmented second between its second and third scale degrees gives it an "Arabic" or Middle Eastern feeling to Western listeners.

It is also present in Arabic and Egyptian music, in which it is called Hijaz-Nahawand or Hijaz maqam,[3] but is not so frequent.

[5] It can also be found in traditional Spanish songs outside flamenco, everywhere in Spain to varying amounts, but especially in southern and central areas of the country, often being also known as escala andaluza (Andalusian scale) in Spanish.

[6] Related scales in Spanish traditional music with chromatic notes in the second degree, varying between a semitone and a tone, are also known as "gama española" ("Spanish gamut") or "gama de Castilla y León" (gamut of Castile and León) and, though found all over Spain, are particularly common in Castilian and Leonese traditional songs.

Some modal jazz compositions, such as "Nardis" by Miles Davis, are composed in the Phrygian dominant mode.