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G♯ hungarian minor Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

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

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

D string: C##, D#, E, F##, G#, A#, B, C## at frets 0, 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12

G string: F##, G#, A#, B, C##, D#, E, F## at frets 0, 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 12

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

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

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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

G♯m
A♯

II

A#maj♭5
B

bIII+

Baug
C𝄪

#IV

E7no5/C𝄪
D♯

V

D♯maj
E

bVI

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

How to play G♯ hungarian minor on guitar

Five open strings belong to this key and only the A string is left out, so open-string work is nearly complete but never lands on the tonic. Baug covers the flat third as an augmented triad, meaning one movable three-note grip handles that degree. Lowest root hides at low E fret 4. At fret 8 the second shape takes over, and a capo at fret 1 relabels everything as G.

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