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Take your next step with modal scales as we look at the clashing, dissonant tones of the Phrygian mode. Modes are a simple concept - think of them as scales that ...

I approached Phrygian Istikhbar with a bit of trepidation, since the signposts of "world music as jazz were very strong. The first track, "Voyage, only reinforced my fears, since the usual elements of ...

Its name is esoteric, but the diatonic phrygian tetrachord is perhaps the most common sequence in music. WNYC's David Garland tells NPR's Arun Rath how those four notes crop up from baroque to rock.