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F♯ hungarian minor Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: E#, F#, G#, A, B#, C#, D at frets 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10

A string: A, B#, C#, D, E#, F#, G#, A at frets 0, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12

D string: D, E#, F#, G#, A, B#, C#, D at frets 0, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12

G string: G#, A, B#, C#, D, E#, F# at frets 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11

B string: B#, C#, D, E#, F#, G#, A at frets 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10

High E string: E#, F#, G#, A, B#, C#, D at frets 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10

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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

F♯m
G♯

II

G#maj♭5
A

bIII+

Aaug
B♯

#IV

D7no5/B♯
C♯

V

C♯maj
D

bVI

Dmaj
E♯

vii

E♯m

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 (A) to #IV (C) and bVI (D) to VII as deliberate leaps with a slide or bend.
  • Resolve #IV (C) 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 (C) doubles the drama.
  • For neoclassical metal, sequence the upper tetrachord (V, bVI (D), VII, root); it carries the entire gypsy-scale character.

How to play F♯ hungarian minor on guitar

Just two open strings are in key, the A and the D, and neither doubles the root or the fifth, so open-position playing gives you very little here. Lowest root is low E fret 2, with box one done by fret 6. Capo at fret 2 reads in E. A raised fourth degree carries its own major triad, which means the #IV chord is available as a movable major shape.

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