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 EI Double harmonic ♭6 FII 7 G♯III 1 AIV Hungarian minor 2 BV ♭3 CVI ♯4 D♯VII 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 5 ♭6 7 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 ♭6 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 5 ♭6 7 1 2 ♭3 5 ♭6 7 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 ♭6
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
iAm(maj7)A C E G♯
IIB7♭5B D♯ F A
♭III+Cmaj7♯5C E G♯ B
♯IV D♯ (𝄫3 ♭5 𝄫7) D♯ F A C
VEmaj7E G♯ B D♯
♭VIFmaj7F A C E
viiG♯m (𝄫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?

Am(maj7) (i), B7♭5 (II), Cmaj7♯5 (♭III+), D♯ (𝄫3 ♭5 𝄫7) (♯IV), Emaj7 (V), Fmaj7 (♭VI), G♯m (𝄫7) (vii).

When is the A Hungarian minor scale used?

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