The Hungarian Gypsy scale can be made by raising the fourth degree of the natural minor or harmonic minor scale.
The sequence of steps forming the Hungarian Gypsy scale is:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
A B C D♯ E F G A
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
W H A H H W W
(W = Whole Step (Tone), H = Half-Step (Semitone), A=Augmented second)
This scale is one of two known as the Hungarian Gypsy scale.
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