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 C♯I Double harmonic ♭6 DII 7 E♯III 1 F♯IV Hungarian minor 2 G♯V ♭3 AVI ♯4 B♯VII 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 ♭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
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
iF♯m(maj7)F♯ A C♯ E♯
IIG♯7♭5G♯ B♯ D F♯
♭III+Amaj7♯5A C♯ E♯ G♯
♯IV B♯ (𝄫3 ♭5 𝄫7) B♯ D F♯ A
VC♯maj7C♯ E♯ G♯ B♯
♭VIDmaj7D F♯ A C♯
viiE♯m (𝄫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?

F♯m(maj7) (i), G♯7♭5 (II), Amaj7♯5 (♭III+), B♯ (𝄫3 ♭5 𝄫7) (♯IV), C♯maj7 (V), Dmaj7 (♭VI), E♯m (𝄫7) (vii).

When is the F♯ Hungarian minor scale used?

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