C Hungarian minorScale

Formula

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

C Hungarian minor on the chromatic circle

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

H 1½ H W H 1½ H 5 GI Double harmonic ♭6 A♭II 7 BIII 1 CIV Hungarian minor 2 DV ♭3 E♭VI ♯4 F♯VII C Hungarian minor
The whole neck

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

Chords in C 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
iCm(maj7)C E♭ G B
IID7♭5D F♯ A♭ C
♭III+E♭maj7♯5E♭ G B D
♯IV F♯ (𝄫3 ♭5 𝄫7) F♯ A♭ C E♭
VGmaj7G B D F♯
♭VIA♭maj7A♭ C E♭ G
viiBm (𝄫7)B D F♯ A♭
Context

Where C 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

C Hungarian minor scale questions

What notes are in the C Hungarian minor scale?

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

What is the C 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 C Hungarian minor scale on guitar?

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

What chords are in the C Hungarian minor scale?

Cm(maj7) (i), D7♭5 (II), E♭maj7♯5 (♭III+), F♯ (𝄫3 ♭5 𝄫7) (♯IV), Gmaj7 (V), A♭maj7 (♭VI), Bm (𝄫7) (vii).

When is the C Hungarian minor scale used?

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