D♭ Hungarian minorScale

Formula

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

D♭ Hungarian minor on the chromatic circle

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

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

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

Chords in D♭ 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
iD♭m(maj7)D♭ F♭ A♭ C
IIE♭7♭5E♭ G B𝄫 D♭
♭III+F♭maj7♯5F♭ A♭ C E♭
♯IV G (𝄫3 ♭5 𝄫7) G B𝄫 D♭ F♭
VA♭maj7A♭ C E♭ G
♭VIB𝄫maj7B𝄫 D♭ F♭ A♭
viiCm (𝄫7)C E♭ G B𝄫
Context

Where D♭ 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

D♭ Hungarian minor scale questions

What notes are in the D♭ Hungarian minor scale?

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

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

This page draws every note of D♭ 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 D♭ Hungarian minor scale?

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

When is the D♭ Hungarian minor scale used?

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