E♭ Hungarian minorScale

Formula

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

E♭ Hungarian minor on the chromatic circle

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

H 1½ H W H 1½ H 5 B♭I Double harmonic ♭6 C♭II 7 DIII 1 E♭IV Hungarian minor 2 FV ♭3 G♭VI ♯4 AVII E♭ Hungarian minor
The whole neck

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

Chords in E♭ 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
iE♭m(maj7)E♭ G♭ B♭ D
IIF7♭5F A C♭ E♭
♭III+G♭maj7♯5G♭ B♭ D F
♯IV A (𝄫3 ♭5 𝄫7) A C♭ E♭ G♭
VB♭maj7B♭ D F A
♭VIC♭maj7C♭ E♭ G♭ B♭
viiDm (𝄫7)D F A C♭
Context

Where E♭ 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

E♭ Hungarian minor scale questions

What notes are in the E♭ Hungarian minor scale?

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

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

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

What chords are in the E♭ Hungarian minor scale?

E♭m(maj7) (i), F7♭5 (II), G♭maj7♯5 (♭III+), A (𝄫3 ♭5 𝄫7) (♯IV), B♭maj7 (V), C♭maj7 (♭VI), Dm (𝄫7) (vii).

When is the E♭ Hungarian minor scale used?

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