F Hungarian minorScale

Formula

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

F Hungarian minor on the chromatic circle

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

H 1½ H W H 1½ H 5 CI Double harmonic ♭6 D♭II 7 EIII 1 FIV Hungarian minor 2 GV ♭3 A♭VI ♯4 BVII F Hungarian minor
The whole neck

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

Chords in F 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
iFm(maj7)F A♭ C E
IIG7♭5G B D♭ F
♭III+A♭maj7♯5A♭ C E G
♯IV B (𝄫3 ♭5 𝄫7) B D♭ F A♭
VCmaj7C E G B
♭VID♭maj7D♭ F A♭ C
viiEm (𝄫7)E G B D♭
Context

Where F 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

F Hungarian minor scale questions

What notes are in the F Hungarian minor scale?

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

What is the F 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 F Hungarian minor scale on guitar?

This page draws every note of F 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 F Hungarian minor scale?

Fm(maj7) (i), G7♭5 (II), A♭maj7♯5 (♭III+), B (𝄫3 ♭5 𝄫7) (♯IV), Cmaj7 (V), D♭maj7 (♭VI), Em (𝄫7) (vii).

When is the F Hungarian minor scale used?

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