G Double harmonicScale

Formula

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

G Double harmonic on the chromatic circle

G 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 GI Double harmonic ♭2 A♭II 3 BIII 4 CIV Hungarian minor 5 DV ♭6 E♭VI 7 F♯VII G Double harmonic
The whole neck

G 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 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 4 5 ♭6 7 1 ♭2 3 4 5 7 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 7 1
Harmony

Chords in G 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
IGmaj7G B D F♯
♭IIA♭maj7A♭ C E♭ G
iiiBm (𝄫7)B D F♯ A♭
ivCm(maj7)C E♭ G B
VD7♭5D F♯ A♭ C
♭VI+E♭maj7♯5E♭ G B D
VII F♯ (𝄫3 ♭5 𝄫7) F♯ A♭ C E♭
Context

Where G 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

G Double harmonic scale questions

What notes are in the G Double harmonic scale?

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

What is the G 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 G Double harmonic scale on guitar?

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

What chords are in the G Double harmonic scale?

Gmaj7 (I), A♭maj7 (♭II), Bm (𝄫7) (iii), Cm(maj7) (iv), D7♭5 (V), E♭maj7♯5 (♭VI+), F♯ (𝄫3 ♭5 𝄫7) (VII).

When is the G Double harmonic scale used?

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