E Double harmonicScale

Formula

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

E Double harmonic on the chromatic circle

E Double harmonic is one of the exotic scales. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.

H 1½ H W H 1½ H 1 EI Double harmonic ♭2 FII 3 G♯III 4 AIV Hungarian minor 5 BV ♭6 CVI 7 D♯VII E Double harmonic
The whole neck

E Double harmonic 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 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 7 1 ♭2 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 4 5 ♭6 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 7 1 ♭2
Harmony

Chords in E Double harmonic

Stack every other note of the scale from each degree and you get its chords. Open any of them in the chord library.

DegreeChordNotes
IEmaj7E G♯ B D♯
♭IIFmaj7F A C E
iiiG♯m (𝄫7)G♯ B D♯ F
ivAm(maj7)A C E G♯
VB7♭5B D♯ F A
♭VI+Cmaj7♯5C E G♯ B
VII D♯ (𝄫3 ♭5 𝄫7) D♯ F A C
Context

Where E Double harmonic fits

The Byzantine or Arabic sound: Middle-Eastern music and exotic metal, over a major chord with a ♭2.

Move one note by a half step and you get a different scale:

Double harmonic scale in every key

E Double harmonic scale questions

What notes are in the E Double harmonic scale?

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

What is the E Double harmonic scale formula?

1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 7, or in steps between the notes, H 1½ H W 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 E Double harmonic scale on guitar?

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

What chords are in the E Double harmonic scale?

Emaj7 (I), Fmaj7 (♭II), G♯m (𝄫7) (iii), Am(maj7) (iv), B7♭5 (V), Cmaj7♯5 (♭VI+), D♯ (𝄫3 ♭5 𝄫7) (VII).

When is the E Double harmonic scale used?

The Byzantine or Arabic sound: Middle-Eastern music and exotic metal, over a major chord with a ♭2.