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F hungarian minor Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: E, F, G, Ab, B, C, Db, E at frets 0, 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 12

A string: B, C, Db, E, F, G, Ab at frets 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11

D string: E, F, G, Ab, B, C, Db at frets 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11

G string: G, Ab, B, C, Db, E, F, G at frets 0, 1, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12

B string: B, C, Db, E, F, G, Ab, B at frets 0, 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12

High E string: E, F, G, Ab, B, C, Db, E at frets 0, 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 12

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F 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:

F

i

Fm
G

II

Gmaj♭5
A♭

bIII+

A♭aug
B

#IV

D♭7no5/B
C

V

Cmaj
D♭

bVI

D♭maj
E

vii

Em

Same notes, different mode

F 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.

G orientalC double harmonic major

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

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

How to play F hungarian minor on guitar

Four open strings sit in the scale but the tonic and fifth are missing from them, so nothing open will hold a pedal. Lowest root is fret 1 at the bottom, letting an E-shape barre sit right against the nut. Two flats here. Fm is the tonic triad, box one is done at fret 5, and a capo on fret 1 relabels the whole thing in E.

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