Minor scale based on the accidentals of the "natural" minor scale, not on those of the harmonic or melodic minor scales. For example, a piece in E minor will have one sharp in its key signature because the E natural minor scale has one sharp (F). Major and minor keys that share the same key signature are "relative" to each other. For instance, F major is the relative major of D minor since both have key signatures with one flat. Since the natural minor scale is built on the 6th degree of the major scale, the tonic of the relative minor is
Phrygian dominant scale V/VI. This scale occurs in Indian, Middle Eastern, Eastern European, Central Asian, and Flamenco music. It is common in Arabic and Egyptian music, in which it is called "Hijaz-Nahawand" or "Hijaz maqam", and used in Hebrew prayers and Klezmer music, where it is known as "Ahava Rabbah", "Freygish" or just the "Jewish scale", and is called "Dastgāh-e Homāyoun" in Iran. It is the most common scale in North Indian classical raga "Hijaz Bhairav (Basant Mukhari)" and South Indian raga "Vakulabharanam". It is sometimes called the "Spanish Phrygian scale", "Spanish Gypsy scale" (see: gypsy scale) or "Phrygian major scale" (see: phrygian