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C♯ hungarian minor Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

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

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

D string: D#, E, F##, G#, A, B#, C# at frets 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11

G string: F##, G#, A, B#, C#, D#, E, F## at frets 0, 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12

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

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

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C# 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:

C♯

i

C♯m
D♯

II

D#maj♭5
E

bIII+

Eaug
F𝄪

#IV

A7no5/F𝄪
G♯

V

G♯maj
A

bVI

Amaj
B♯

vii

B♯m

Same notes, different mode

C# 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.

D# orientalG# double harmonic major

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

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

How to play C♯ hungarian minor on guitar

Four open strings are in key, yet none is the tonic or its fifth, so they add colour and nothing structural. A capo at fret 1 gives C fingerings. Five sharps and a double sharp in the notes make this an awkward read, which means most players learn it by shape rather than by spelling. Lowest root is fret 9 at the bottom, G#M is the major triad on the fifth degree, and box one runs out at fret 13.

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