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G hungarian minor Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: F#, G, A, Bb, C#, D, Eb at frets 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11

A string: A, Bb, C#, D, Eb, F#, G, A at frets 0, 1, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12

D string: D, Eb, F#, G, A, Bb, C#, D at frets 0, 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12

G string: G, A, Bb, C#, D, Eb, F#, G at frets 0, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12

B string: C#, D, Eb, F#, G, A, Bb at frets 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11

High E string: F#, G, A, Bb, C#, D, Eb at frets 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11

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G 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:

G

i

Gm
A

II

Amaj♭5
B♭

bIII+

B♭aug
C♯

#IV

E♭7no5/C#
D

V

Dmaj
E♭

bVI

E♭maj
F♯

vii

F♯m

Same notes, different mode

G 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.

A orientalD double harmonic major

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

tip
  • Two augmented 2nds flank the 5th: practice bIII (Bb) to #IV (C#) and bVI (Eb) to VII as deliberate leaps with a slide or bend.
  • Resolve #IV (C#) up to V and VII up to G; the scale has two built-in climaxes per octave, so phrase toward them.
  • Over a minor chord vamp on G, 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 (Eb), VII, root); it carries the entire gypsy-scale character.

How to play G hungarian minor on guitar

Open G is the tonic outright and open D the fifth, so a two-string pedal is there before you fret a note. Third fret of the sixth string carries the lowest root, which lets an E-shape barre sit low and comfortable. Box one stops at fret 7. EbM on the flat sixth is a major triad, and further roots wait at fret 10, fret 5 and fret 8.

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