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 BI Double harmonic ♭6 CII 7 D♯III 1 EIV Hungarian minor 2 F♯V ♭3 GVI ♯4 A♯VII 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 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 ♭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 ♭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
iEm(maj7)E G B D♯
IIF♯7♭5F♯ A♯ C E
♭III+Gmaj7♯5G B D♯ F♯
♯IV A♯ (𝄫3 ♭5 𝄫7) A♯ C E G
VBmaj7B D♯ F♯ A♯
♭VICmaj7C E G B
viiD♯m (𝄫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 E shape to the D shape to the C shape to the A shape to the G shape.

What chords are in the E Hungarian minor scale?

Em(maj7) (i), F♯7♭5 (II), Gmaj7♯5 (♭III+), A♯ (𝄫3 ♭5 𝄫7) (♯IV), Bmaj7 (V), Cmaj7 (♭VI), D♯m (𝄫7) (vii).

When is the E Hungarian minor scale used?

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