(October 22, 2015 at 2:28 pm)Alex K Wrote:(October 22, 2015 at 1:03 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: They both use the dominant phrygian mode, with the distinguishing characteristics of a b2 and a #4 relative to the root note. It's a scale common to much Arabic, Middle Eastern and Balkan music. Nutter is right, the melodies are similar but not identical.
I'm reading a bit of music theory and this to me is the equivalent of others getting explained physics by a pro. Fantastic!
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