The Dorian 2 scale, also known as the Phrygian 6 scale, is the second mode of the

jazz minor scale The jazz minor scale or ascending melodic minor scale is a derivative of the melodic minor scale, except only the ascending form of the scale is used. As the name implies, it is primarily used in jazz, although it may be found in other types of m ...

(or the ascending

melodic minor scale A melody (), also tune, voice, or line, is a linear succession of musical tones that the listener perceives as a single entity. In its most literal sense, a melody is a combination of pitch and rhythm, while more figuratively, the term c ...

). It is on the second degree of the jazz minor scale. Without the minor second above the root, the scale would just be the

Dorian mode The Dorian mode or Doric mode can refer to three very different but interrelated subjects: one of the Ancient Greek music, Ancient Greek ''harmoniai'' (characteristic melodic behaviour, or the scale structure associated with it); one of the mediev ...

. The reason it is also known as Phrygian 6 is because if the scale did not have the major 6th then it would be enharmonic with the

Phrygian mode : The Phrygian mode (pronounced ) can refer to three different musical modes: the ancient Greek ''tonos'' or ''harmonia,'' sometimes called Phrygian, formed on a particular set of octave species or scales; the medieval Phrygian mode, and the m ...

. This scale is commonly used in Assyrian music, most especially in the

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genre. Thought to add

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and to retain the Phrygian tradition of Assyrian music, the major sixth may at times be simultaneously altered to the

minor sixth In music theory, a minor sixth is a musical interval encompassing six staff positions (see Interval number for more details), and is one of two commonly occurring sixths (the other one being the major sixth). It is qualified as ''minor'' bec ...

during the course of the composition. Rimmer, Joan, ''Ancient Musical Instruments of Western Asia in the British Museum'', London 1969, p. 39.f.pl.21, 17, 18, 199

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