Guitar UpscaleHungarian Major scale on guitar
Hungarian major has a sharp second, a raised fourth and a flat seventh over a major chord.
| Notes in A | A B# C# D# E F# G |
|---|---|
| Formula | 1 #2 3 #4 5 6 b7 |
| Steps | W+H H W H W H W (W whole step, H half step) |
| Note count | 7 |
| Style in the app | Gypsy, scale "Hungarian Major" |
Play the A Hungarian Major scale on the fretboard in Guitar Upscale
About the Hungarian Major scale
The notes are root, sharp 2nd, 3rd, raised 4th, 5th, 6th and flat 7th.
The sharp 2nd sits right under the 3rd and sounds like a blues note. The raised 4th adds Lydian brightness.
Play it over a dominant 7th chord with a #9 or #11.
Intervals from the root
| Degree | Interval | Semitones | In A |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Root | 0 | A |
| #2 | Minor 3rd | 3 | B# |
| 3 | Major 3rd | 4 | C# |
| #4 | Tritone | 6 | D# |
| 5 | Perfect 5th | 7 | E |
| 6 | Major 6th | 9 | F# |
| b7 | Minor 7th | 10 | G |
Chords in the A Hungarian Major scale
Stack every other note of the scale and you get one chord on each note. These chords sound at home with the scale, so they make good progressions.
| Degree | Triad | Seventh chord |
|---|---|---|
| I | A | A7 |
| #ii° | Cdim | Cdim7 |
| iii° | C#dim | C#dim(maj7) |
| #iv° | Ebdim | Ebm7b5 |
| V | none | none |
| vi | F#m | F#m7 |
| bVII | none | none |
Hungarian Major scale in every key
| Key | Notes | Play it |
|---|---|---|
| C | C D# E F# G A Bb | Open |
| C# | C# E E# G G# A# B | Open |
| D | D E# F# G# A B C | Open |
| Eb | Eb F# G A Bb C Db | Open |
| E | E G G# A# B C# D | Open |
| F | F G# A B C D Eb | Open |
| F# | F# A A# B# C# D# E | Open |
| G | G A# B C# D E F | Open |
| G# | G# B B# D D# E# F# | Open |
| A | A B# C# D# E F# G | Open |
| Bb | Bb C# D E F G Ab | Open |
| B | B D D# E# F# G# A | Open |