B♭ Hungarian minorScale

Formula

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

B♭ Hungarian minor on the chromatic circle

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

H 1½ H W H 1½ H 5 FI Double harmonic ♭6 G♭II 7 AIII 1 B♭IV Hungarian minor 2 CV ♭3 D♭VI ♯4 EVII B♭ Hungarian minor
The whole neck

B♭ 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 ♯4 5 ♭6 7 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 ♭6 7 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 ♭6 7 1 2 ♯4 5 ♭6 7 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 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
Harmony

Chords in B♭ 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
iB♭m(maj7)B♭ D♭ F A
IIC7♭5C E G♭ B♭
♭III+D♭maj7♯5D♭ F A C
♯IV E (𝄫3 ♭5 𝄫7) E G♭ B♭ D♭
VFmaj7F A C E
♭VIG♭maj7G♭ B♭ D♭ F
viiAm (𝄫7)A C E G♭
Context

Where B♭ 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

B♭ Hungarian minor scale questions

What notes are in the B♭ Hungarian minor scale?

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

What is the B♭ 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 B♭ Hungarian minor scale on guitar?

This page draws every note of B♭ 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 A shape to the G shape to the E shape to the D shape to the C shape.

What chords are in the B♭ Hungarian minor scale?

B♭m(maj7) (i), C7♭5 (II), D♭maj7♯5 (♭III+), E (𝄫3 ♭5 𝄫7) (♯IV), Fmaj7 (V), G♭maj7 (♭VI), Am (𝄫7) (vii).

When is the B♭ Hungarian minor scale used?

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