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E hungarian major Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

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

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

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

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

B string: B, C#, D, E, F##, G#, A#, B at frets 0, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12

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

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E 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

Emaj
F𝄪

#ii°

F𝄪dim
G♯

iii°

G♯dim
A♯

#iv°

A♯dim
B

V+

Bm♯5
C♯

vi

C♯m
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 (G) to III is the scale's calling card.
  • Treat it as lydian dominant with a raised 2nd: over a E13#11 chord, everything lands.
  • The #4 (A#) resolves up to V while bVII (D) 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

Both E strings are open roots, and open B, open D and open G fill in the fifth, the minor seventh and the augmented second, so five strings ring in key untouched. Chord bvii is F##m, which means the flat seventh degree carries a minor triad. Other roots are fret 7 on the A, fret 2 on the D, fret 9 on the G and fret 5 on the B. At fret 4 the next box begins.

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