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 F♯I Double harmonic ♭6 GII 7 A♯III 1 BIV Hungarian minor 2 C♯V ♭3 DVI ♯4 E♯VII 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 ♭3 ♯4 5 ♭6 7 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 ♭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
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
iBm(maj7)B D F♯ A♯
IIC♯7♭5C♯ E♯ G B
♭III+Dmaj7♯5D F♯ A♯ C♯
♯IV E♯ (𝄫3 ♭5 𝄫7) E♯ G B D
VF♯maj7F♯ A♯ C♯ E♯
♭VIGmaj7G B D F♯
viiA♯m (𝄫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?

Bm(maj7) (i), C♯7♭5 (II), Dmaj7♯5 (♭III+), E♯ (𝄫3 ♭5 𝄫7) (♯IV), F♯maj7 (V), Gmaj7 (♭VI), A♯m (𝄫7) (vii).

When is the B Hungarian minor scale used?

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