Guitar scale · exotic
Bb Hungarian Major Scale
1 ♯2 3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7: a scale with a major 3rd, a raised 2nd and a raised 4th, so it has an augmented 2nd from the root up to the ♯2.
Tap any note to hear it.
Bb Hungarian Major Scale tab: all 5 positions
Each tab climbs from the low E string to the high e string. Play it up, then back down.
e|--------------------------------6-9-10-| B|----------------------------8-9--------| G|-------------------6-7-9-10------------| D|---------------6-8---------------------| A|--------7-8-10-------------------------| E|-6-9-10--------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------9-10-12-| B|---------------------------------9-11---------| G|-------------------------9-10-12--------------| D|-----------------8-11-12----------------------| A|---------8-10-11------------------------------| E|-9-10-12--------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------10-12-13-| B|-------------------------------------11-14----------| G|----------------------------10-12-13----------------| D|-------------------11-12-14-------------------------| A|----------10-11-13----------------------------------| E|-10-12-13-------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------13-15-16-| B|----------------------------------14-15-17----------| G|----------------------------13-15-------------------| D|-------------------14-15-17-------------------------| A|----------13-16-17----------------------------------| E|-13-15-16-------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------15-16-18-| B|-------------------------------------17-18----------| G|----------------------------15-18-19----------------| D|-------------------15-17-18-------------------------| A|----------16-17-19----------------------------------| E|-15-16-18-------------------------------------------|
How to play Bb Hungarian Major on guitar
Find the root first: Bb is at fret 6 on the low E string and fret 1 on the A string. The blue notes on the diagram are every Bb on the neck; the gold ones are the rest of the scale's home chord (3, 5, ♭7), the safest notes to land on at the end of a phrase.
Learn it one box at a time. Position 1, the E shape, sits at frets 6–10. Once it's under your fingers, move to position 2 (the D shape) and play the notes the two boxes share, then keep going up the neck. After all five, the scale joins up into one pattern across the whole fretboard.
Degrees
| Degree | Note |
|---|---|
| 1 | Bb |
| ♯2 | C# |
| 3 | D |
| ♯4 | E |
| 5 | F |
| 6 | G |
| ♭7 | Ab |
Chords in Bb Hungarian Major
Stack every other note of the scale and you get these seven chords. They are the chords that sound "at home" in Bb Hungarian Major; tap one to see its shapes.
| Degree | Chord | 7th chord | Function |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | Bb | Bb7 | Tonic |
| ♯ii° | C#dim | C#dim7 | Supertonic |
| iii° | Ddim | — | Mediant |
| ♯iv° | Edim | Em7b5 | Subdominant |
| V | — | — | Dominant |
| vi | Gm | Gm7 | Submediant |
| ♭VII | — | — | Leading tone / subtonic |
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Questions
- What notes are in the Bb Hungarian Major Scale?
- The Bb Hungarian Major Scale has 7 notes: Bb, C#, D, E, F, G, Ab.
- What chords are in the Bb Hungarian Major Scale?
- The chords of Bb Hungarian Major are Bb (I), C#dim (♯ii°), Ddim (iii°), Edim (♯iv°), Gm (vi).
- What is the formula of the hungarian major scale?
- 1 ♯2 3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7, which is the step pattern W+H H W H W H W (W = whole step, H = half step).
- Where do I play Bb Hungarian Major on the guitar?
- The root Bb is at fret 6 on the low E string and fret 1 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 6–10, and four more positions connect it up the neck.