Certainly didn't mean to ruffle your feathers, Jack. If I overstepped, I am certainly sorry.--In this cyber-environment, a quick reply, rather than a studied one, is the first reflex. Any Subject that requires precision and detail get short shrift.

As to what Ravel might have called his scale, I cannot say. Flamenco guitarists commonly use both the Phrygian scale and the harmonic minor, and may alter a pitch when changing directions-so there is enough right there.