G Hungarian minorScale

Formula

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

G Hungarian minor on the chromatic circle

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

H 1½ H W H 1½ H 5 DI Double harmonic ♭6 E♭II 7 F♯III 1 GIV Hungarian minor 2 AV ♭3 B♭VI ♯4 C♯VII G Hungarian minor
The whole neck

G 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 ♭3 ♯4 5 ♭6 7 1 2 ♭3 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 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
iGm(maj7)G B♭ D F♯
IIA7♭5A C♯ E♭ G
♭III+B♭maj7♯5B♭ D F♯ A
♯IV C♯ (𝄫3 ♭5 𝄫7) C♯ E♭ G B♭
VDmaj7D F♯ A C♯
♭VIE♭maj7E♭ G B♭ D
viiF♯m (𝄫7)F♯ A C♯ E♭
Context

Where G 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

G Hungarian minor scale questions

What notes are in the G Hungarian minor scale?

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

What is the G 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 G Hungarian minor scale on guitar?

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

What chords are in the G Hungarian minor scale?

Gm(maj7) (i), A7♭5 (II), B♭maj7♯5 (♭III+), C♯ (𝄫3 ♭5 𝄫7) (♯IV), Dmaj7 (V), E♭maj7 (♭VI), F♯m (𝄫7) (vii).

When is the G Hungarian minor scale used?

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