Guitar scale · Gypsy minor
C# Hungarian Minor Scale
Featuring ♯4 and 7 degrees for the passionate, sharp sound of Gypsy/Hungarian folk music.
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C# Hungarian Minor 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|-----------------------------------------9-11-12-| B|-----------------------------------10-13---------| G|---------------------------9-12-13---------------| D|------------------10-11-13-----------------------| A|---------10-11-12--------------------------------| E|-9-11-12-----------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------11-12-15-| B|-------------------------------------13-14----------| G|----------------------------12-13-14----------------| D|-------------------11-13-14-------------------------| A|----------11-12-15----------------------------------| E|-11-12-15-------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------15-16-17-| B|----------------------------------14-16-17----------| G|-------------------------13-14-17-------------------| D|----------------13-14-17----------------------------| A|----------15-16-------------------------------------| E|-15-16-17-------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------16-17-20-| B|-------------------------------------17-20----------| G|----------------------------17-18-20----------------| D|-------------------17-18-19-------------------------| A|----------16-18-19----------------------------------| E|-16-17-20-------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------20-21-| B|----------------------------------20-21-22-------| G|-------------------------18-20-21----------------| D|----------------18-19-22-------------------------| A|-------18-19-22----------------------------------| E|-20-21-------------------------------------------|
How to play C# Hungarian Minor on guitar
Find the root first: C# is at fret 9 on the low E string and fret 4 on the A string. The blue notes on the diagram are every C# 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 9–13. 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 | C# |
| 2 | D# |
| ♭3 | E |
| ♯4 | G |
| 5 | G# |
| ♭6 | A |
| 7 | B# |
Chords in C# Hungarian Minor
Stack every other note of the scale and you get these seven chords. They are the chords that sound "at home" in C# Hungarian Minor; tap one to see its shapes.
| Degree | Chord | 7th chord | Function |
|---|---|---|---|
| i | C#m | C#m(maj7) | Tonic |
| II | — | — | Supertonic |
| ♭III+ | Eaug | Emaj7#5 | Mediant |
| ♯IV | — | — | Subdominant |
| V | G# | G#maj7 | Dominant |
| ♭VI | A | Amaj7 | Submediant |
| vii | B#m | — | Leading tone / subtonic |
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Questions
- What notes are in the C# Hungarian Minor Scale?
- The C# Hungarian Minor Scale has 7 notes: C#, D#, E, G, G#, A, B#.
- What chords are in the C# Hungarian Minor Scale?
- The chords of C# Hungarian Minor are C#m (i), Eaug (♭III+), G# (V), A (♭VI), B#m (vii).
- What is the formula of the hungarian minor scale?
- 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 ♭6 7, which is the step pattern W H W+H H H W+H H (W = whole step, H = half step).
- Where do I play C# Hungarian Minor on the guitar?
- The root C# is at fret 9 on the low E string and fret 4 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 9–13, and four more positions connect it up the neck.