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B hungarian minor Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: E#, F#, G, A#, B, C#, D at frets 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10

A string: A#, B, C#, D, E#, F#, G at frets 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10

D string: D, E#, F#, G, A#, B, C#, D at frets 0, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12

G string: G, A#, B, C#, D, E#, F#, G at frets 0, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12

B string: B, C#, D, E#, F#, G, A#, B at frets 0, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12

High E string: E#, F#, G, A#, B, C#, D at frets 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10

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B hungarian minor

The hungarian minor scale is harmonic minor with a raised 4th: two augmented 2nd leaps, one on each side of the 5th. This is the full gypsy-scale drama of Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies and Eastern European violin music, and a secret weapon in neoclassical metal. The #4 to 5 and 7 to root resolutions give it two built-in climaxes per octave.

it consists of these notes and degrees:

B

i

Bm
C♯

II

C#maj♭5
D

bIII+

Daug
E♯

#IV

G7no5/E♯
F♯

V

F♯maj
G

bVI

Gmaj
A♯

vii

A♯m

Same notes, different mode

B hungarian minor uses the same notes as the scales below. Start from a different note and you get a new mode built on the very same note set.

C# orientalF# double harmonic major

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

tip
  • Two augmented 2nds flank the 5th: practice bIII (D) to #IV (F) and bVI (G) to VII as deliberate leaps with a slide or bend.
  • Resolve #IV (F) up to V and VII up to B; the scale has two built-in climaxes per octave, so phrase toward them.
  • Over a minor chord vamp on B, alternate harmonic minor and hungarian minor: only the 4th changes, and the #4 (F) doubles the drama.
  • For neoclassical metal, sequence the upper tetrachord (V, bVI (G), VII, root); it carries the entire gypsy-scale character.

How to play B hungarian minor on guitar

Open B is the tonic, so you can leave that string ringing while the fretting hand moves under it. C#Mb5 sits on the second degree, a major triad with a flattened fifth, which means the usual shape needs one finger moved. Four sharps in the signature. Lowest root is fret 7 on the sixth string, box one gives way at fret 11, and a capo at fret 2 reads everything in A.

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