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I'm looking for the name of the scale or rag using the following notes:
A B C C# D E F G# and possibly a G when descending the scale.
It's coming from this song:
As it is from Pakistan I expect the name of a rag rather than a scale. From a Western point of view it would be like a A Harmonic Minor with a Major third or a Dm Harmonic with a 7Maj. It is close to Saba scale one can found in Turkish/Greek but has some crucials differences.
It looks like an A harmonic minor scale with a passing major third. A harmonic scale is minor scale with a raised seventh. So this scale would look like this:
However your scale, has an extra C#. That C# serves as a passing tone to the next note, D:
But, we can also think about this scale as a D minor bebop lydian dominant scale, with the F defining the minor third, bebop as the major seventh, lydian with the raised fourth, and dominant with the minor seventh.
But it gets too complicated after that so the A harmonic scale with a passing major third is the best way to think about it.
Hope that helps!
