The Persian scale is a musical scale

Musical scale

In music, a scale is a sequence of musical notes in ascending and descending order. Most commonly, especially in the context of the common practice period, the notes of a scale will belong to a single key, thus providing material for or being used to conveniently represent part or all of a musical...

 frequently found in Persian Music

Persian music

Persian traditional music is the traditional and indigenous music of Iran: mūsīqī, the science and art of music, and moosiqi, the sound and performance of music .-Origins:Archeological evidence reveals musical instruments that were...

, and to a lesser extent, Arab or non-Persian Middle Eastern Music. The Persian scale is characterized by the liberal use of half steps (4), augmented seconds (2), and frequent use of chromaticism

Chromaticism

Chromaticism is a compositional technique interspersing the primary diatonic pitches and chords with other pitches of the chromatic scale. Chromaticism is in contrast or addition to tonality or diatonicism...

. Compare this to the one augmented second of the harmonic minor or the use of only two half-steps in all diatonic scales.

The sequence of steps is as follows:
W = Whole step
H = Half step

H WH H H W WH H

Beginning on C:
C Db E F Gb Ab B

See also

• It is most closely related to the Phrygian dominant scale
  Phrygian dominant scale
  In music, the altered Phrygian scale or Freygish scale , featuring an unusual key signature and a distinctive augmented second interval, is the fifth mode of the harmonic minor scale, the fifth being the dominant...
  
   as their bottom tetrachords are the identical. It can also be obtained by flattening the fifth degree of the double harmonic scale.

External links

• Persian Scale demonstrated for a Guitar