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G hungarian major Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: E, F, G, A#, B, C#, D, E at frets 0, 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12

A string: A#, B, C#, D, E, F, G at frets 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10

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

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

B string: B, C#, D, E, F, G, A#, B at frets 0, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12

High E string: E, F, G, A#, B, C#, D, E at frets 0, 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12

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G 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:

G

I

Gmaj
A♯

#ii°

A♯dim
B

iii°

Bdim
C♯

#iv°

C♯dim
D

V+

Dm♯5
E

vi

Em
F

bvii

A♯m/F

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 G13#11 chord, everything lands.
  • The #4 (C#) resolves up to V while bVII (F) 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 G hungarian major on guitar

Open G is a root, with open D at the fifth, open B at the major third and both E strings at the sixth, so five open strings hold under anything you fret. Chord #iv° is C#dim, which means the raised fourth degree carries a diminished triad. Fretted roots are fret 3 on both E strings, fret 10 on the A string, fret 5 on the D and fret 8 on the B. At fret 7 the opening box is spent.

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