Algerian scale

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The Algerian Scale is a scale frequently used in Algerian music. The frequent use of 1.5 steps (a minor 3rd) in the scale contributes to a sound commonly associated with Moorish music.

(Fischer 1996)[2]

It is also defined as an eleven note scale with two augmented seconds. Jacques Ibert first used this definition in Escales (1924).[3]

In India's Carnatic music, this corresponds to Simhendramadhyamam.

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