Arabic scale

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Arabic scale may refer to:

  • Double harmonic scale, a scale with two augmented seconds
  • Quarter tone scale, or 24 tone equal temperament
  • A seventeen tone unequal tuning that was historically used to describe Arabic music
  • Major locrian scale, a scale similar to locrian, also the aeolian mode with ♭ 5th and ♯ 3rd, Phrygian dominant scale with ♭ 5th and ♯ 2nd, or Blues Leading-Tone scale with ♭ 6th and ♯ tonic.
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