About the A flat Iraq (Arabian) scale
A flat Iraq (Arabian) is a dense maqam-flavored eight-note scale. It's used for Middle Eastern flavored and experimental writing.
Learn morePositions
Playable shapes for this scale up the neck. Tap any note to hear it.
8-position system
8 four-fret boxes, one per scale degree, each a single hand position with almost no shifting. The jazz and classical way, from William Leavitt's Berklee method.
Notes and intervals
| 1 | A flat | Root |
| 2 | A | Minor 2nd |
| 3 | C flat | Minor 3rd |
| 4 | D flat | Perfect 4th |
| 5 | D | Augmented 4th |
| 6 | F flat | Minor 6th |
| 7 | G flat | Minor 7th |
| 8 | G | Major 7th |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths
Related scales
Iraq (Arabian) in other keys
C Iraq (Arabian) D flat Iraq (Arabian) D Iraq (Arabian) E flat Iraq (Arabian) E Iraq (Arabian) F Iraq (Arabian) G flat Iraq (Arabian) G Iraq (Arabian) A Iraq (Arabian) B flat Iraq (Arabian) B Iraq (Arabian)
Modes
The same notes, starting on a different note.
