The Gypsy Scale refers to a musical scale used in Gypsy music. A Gypsy (derived from Egyptian) may be: any member of any nomadic people (the term is sometimes considered derogatory), especially: the Roma and Sinti, found worldwide but mainly in Europe; Travellers found mainly in Great Britain, Ireland and the United States; and Luli in Central Asia. ...

The two main kinds of Gypsy scales

There are two commonly used Gypsy scales:

Hungarian Gypsy Scale

• The Hungarian Gypsy Scale, which consists of a natural minor scale in which the fourth and seventh are sharp (or, alternatively, a major scale in which the third and sixth are flat and the fourth is sharp);

A minor scale in musical theory is a diatonic scale whose third scale degree is an interval of a minor third above the tonic. ... In music theory, the major scale (or major mode) is one of the diatonic scales. ...

Spanish Gypsy Scale

• The Spanish Gypsy Scale, which is a scale that may be played on the white keys of a piano from E to E, but with the G sharpened. The Spanish Gypsy Scale is one of the modes of the harmonic minor scale, and is also sometimes also known as the ``Phrygian major scale.