This is a great scale to add flavour and mystique to your Aeolian (minor scale) soloing. The Hungarian Gypsy is our next minor scale and is very dark sounding, with its formula of R-2-b3-#4-5-b6-7.
A casual listener might think that Carlos is playing out of the Aeolian (natural minor) scale with a little blues scale action mixed in. A closer look reveals a more sophisticated approach to ...