A♭ Hungarian minorScale

Formula

W H 1½ H H 1½ H 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 ♭6 7
The family

A♭ Hungarian minor on the chromatic circle

A♭ Hungarian minor has the notes of E♭ Double harmonic, started from A♭. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.

H 1½ H W H 1½ H 5 E♭I Double harmonic ♭6 F♭II 7 GIII 1 A♭IV Hungarian minor 2 B♭V ♭3 C♭VI ♯4 DVII A♭ Hungarian minor
The whole neck

A♭ Hungarian minor across the fretboard

Every note of the scale up to the 16th fret, named by its degree. The root is a ring. Step through the five CAGED positions one at a time in the scale library.

3 5 7 9 12 15 ♭6 7 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 ♭6 7 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 ♭6 7 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 ♭6 7 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 ♭6 7 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 ♭6 7 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 ♭6 7 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 ♭6 7 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 ♭6 7
Harmony

Chords in A♭ Hungarian minor

Stack every other note of the scale from each degree and you get its chords. Open any of them in the chord library.

DegreeChordNotes
iA♭m(maj7)A♭ C♭ E♭ G
IIB♭7♭5B♭ D F♭ A♭
♭III+C♭maj7♯5C♭ E♭ G B♭
♯IV D (𝄫3 ♭5 𝄫7) D F♭ A♭ C♭
VE♭maj7E♭ G B♭ D
♭VIF♭maj7F♭ A♭ C♭ E♭
viiGm (𝄫7)G B♭ D F♭
Context

Where A♭ Hungarian minor fits

Harmonic minor with a raised 4th: Hungarian and Romani folk, neoclassical music and metal.

Move one note by a half step and you get a different scale:

Hungarian minor scale in every key

A♭ Hungarian minor scale questions

What notes are in the A♭ Hungarian minor scale?

A♭ B♭ C♭ D E♭ F♭ G. As degrees from the root: 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 ♭6 7.

What is the A♭ Hungarian minor scale formula?

1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 ♭6 7, or in steps between the notes, W H 1½ H H 1½ H (W is a whole step of two frets, H a half step of one fret, 1½ three frets).

How do you play the A♭ Hungarian minor scale on guitar?

This page draws every note of A♭ Hungarian minor up to the 16th fret, each named by its degree with the root as a ring. To learn it a few frets at a time, open it in the scale library and step through its five CAGED positions, from the G shape to the E shape to the D shape to the C shape to the A shape.

What chords are in the A♭ Hungarian minor scale?

A♭m(maj7) (i), B♭7♭5 (II), C♭maj7♯5 (♭III+), D (𝄫3 ♭5 𝄫7) (♯IV), E♭maj7 (V), F♭maj7 (♭VI), Gm (𝄫7) (vii).

When is the A♭ Hungarian minor scale used?

Harmonic minor with a raised 4th: Hungarian and Romani folk, neoclassical music and metal.