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F♯ hungarian major Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

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

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

D string: D#, E, F#, G##, A#, B#, C# at frets 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11

G string: G##, A#, B#, C#, D#, E, F# at frets 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11

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

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

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F# 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:

F♯

I

F♯maj
G𝄪

#ii°

G𝄪dim
A♯

iii°

A♯dim
B♯

#iv°

B♯dim
C♯

V+

C♯m#5
D♯

vi

D♯m
E

bvii

G𝄪m/E

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 (A) to III is the scale's calling card.
  • Treat it as lydian dominant with a raised 2nd: over a F#13#11 chord, everything lands.
  • The #4 (C) resolves up to V while bVII (E) 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 F♯ hungarian major on guitar

Both E strings give the minor seventh and open A spells G##, the augmented second, so three open strings are in play while the other three are not. A capo at fret 2 turns this into E fingerings, which means six sharps stop being a reading job. Lowest root is fret 2 on the low E. D#m is the vi chord, and shape two starts from fret 6.

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