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B hungarian major Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: E#, F#, G#, A, B, C##, D# at frets 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11

A string: A, B, C##, D#, E#, F#, G#, A at frets 0, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12

D string: C##, D#, E#, F#, G#, A, B, C## at frets 0, 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 12

G string: G#, A, B, C##, D#, E#, F# at frets 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11

B string: B, C##, D#, E#, F#, G#, A, B at frets 0, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12

High E string: E#, F#, G#, A, B, C##, D# at frets 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11

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B hungarian major

The hungarian major scale is a bright oddity: root, sharp 2nd, major 3rd, sharp 4th, 5th, 6th, flat 7th. The augmented 2nd opening (like harmonic minor upside down) collides with a lydian dominant top half. Brubeck and progressive writers have toyed with it; over a 13#11 chord it delivers exotic and functional at once.

it consists of these notes and degrees:

B

I

Bmaj
C𝄪

#ii°

C𝄪dim
D♯

iii°

D♯dim
E♯

#iv°

E♯dim
F♯

V+

F♯m#5
G♯

vi

G♯m
A

bvii

C𝄪m/A

hungarian major in all 12 keys, with chords and related scales

tip
  • Start phrases with the augmented 2nd right at the bottom: root to #2 (D) to III is the scale's calling card.
  • Treat it as lydian dominant with a raised 2nd: over a B13#11 chord, everything lands.
  • The #4 (F) resolves up to V while bVII (A) resolves down to VI; work both tendencies into one line for maximum color.
  • Its odd symmetry (it is a mode of a rotation of half-whole diminished) means diminished licks can be recycled inside it.

How to play B hungarian major on guitar

Open B is a root, so the second string can drone while the hand works above it. Open A gives the minor seventh and open D spells C##, the augmented second, which lets three strings ring in key. Chord I is BM, and fretted roots are fret 7 on both E strings, fret 2 on the A, fret 9 on the D and fret 4 on the G. First shape yields at fret 11.

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