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D♭ hungarian major Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: E, F, G, Ab, Bb, Cb, Db, E at frets 0, 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 12

A string: Bb, Cb, Db, E, F, G, Ab at frets 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11

D string: E, F, G, Ab, Bb, Cb, Db at frets 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11

G string: G, Ab, Bb, Cb, Db, E, F, G at frets 0, 1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 12

B string: Cb, Db, E, F, G, Ab, Bb, Cb at frets 0, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12

High E string: E, F, G, Ab, Bb, Cb, Db, E at frets 0, 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 12

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Db 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:

D♭

I

D♭maj
E

#ii°

Edim
F

iii°

Fdim
G

#iv°

Gdim
A♭

V+

A♭m#5
B♭

vi

B♭m
C♭

bvii

Em/C♭

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 (E) to III is the scale's calling card.
  • Treat it as lydian dominant with a raised 2nd: over a Db13#11 chord, everything lands.
  • The #4 (G) resolves up to V while bVII (B) 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 D♭ hungarian major on guitar

Four open strings land in the scale, both E strings as the augmented second and open G as the augmented fourth, so open notes are there even if none settles into a drone. A capo at fret 1 converts everything to C fingerings, which means four flats stop mattering. Lowest root is fret 9 on the low E. Chord vi is Bbm, and position two starts at fret 13.

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