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E♭ hungarian major Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: F#, G, A, Bb, C, Db, Eb at frets 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11

A string: A, Bb, C, Db, Eb, F#, G, A at frets 0, 1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 12

D string: Eb, F#, G, A, Bb, C, Db at frets 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11

G string: G, A, Bb, C, Db, Eb, F#, G at frets 0, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12

B string: C, Db, Eb, F#, G, A, Bb at frets 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11

High E string: F#, G, A, Bb, C, Db, Eb at frets 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11

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Eb 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:

E♭

I

E♭maj
F♯

#ii°

F♯dim
G

iii°

Gdim
A

#iv°

Adim
B♭

V+

B♭m#5
C

vi

Cm
D♭

bvii

F#m/D♭

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 (F#) to III is the scale's calling card.
  • Treat it as lydian dominant with a raised 2nd: over a Eb13#11 chord, everything lands.
  • The #4 (A) resolves up to V while bVII (Db) 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 E♭ hungarian major on guitar

Open A sits an augmented fourth above the tonic and open G gives the major third, so two strings can still ring against fretted material. Nearest the nut, a root waits at fret 1 on the D string, which lets low phrases start in first position while the lowest-pitched root sits at fret 11. Chord V+ is Bbm#5. A-shape barre is at fret 6, and the hand position changes at fret 15.

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