Guitar scale · exotic
D 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.
D 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|-------------------------------------------10-13-14-| B|-------------------------------------12-13----------| G|-------------------------10-11-13-14----------------| D|-------------------10-12----------------------------| A|----------11-12-14----------------------------------| E|-10-13-14-------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------13-14-16-| B|-------------------------------------13-15----------| G|----------------------------13-14-16----------------| D|-------------------12-15-16-------------------------| A|----------12-14-15----------------------------------| E|-13-14-16-------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------14-16-17-| B|-------------------------------------15-18----------| G|----------------------------14-16-17----------------| D|-------------------15-16-18-------------------------| A|----------14-15-17----------------------------------| E|-14-16-17-------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------17-19-20-| B|----------------------------------18-19-21----------| G|----------------------------17-19-------------------| D|-------------------18-19-21-------------------------| A|----------17-20-21----------------------------------| E|-17-19-20-------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------19-20-22-| B|-------------------------------19-21-22----------| G|-------------------------19-22-------------------| D|----------------19-21-22-------------------------| A|----------20-21----------------------------------| E|-19-20-22----------------------------------------|
How to play D Hungarian Major on guitar
Find the root first: D is at fret 10 on the low E string and fret 5 on the A string. The blue notes on the diagram are every D 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 10–14. 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 | D |
| ♯2 | E# |
| 3 | F# |
| ♯4 | G# |
| 5 | A |
| 6 | B |
| ♭7 | C |
Chords in D Hungarian Major
Stack every other note of the scale and you get these seven chords. They are the chords that sound "at home" in D Hungarian Major; tap one to see its shapes.
| Degree | Chord | 7th chord | Function |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | D | D7 | Tonic |
| ♯ii° | E#dim | E#dim7 | Supertonic |
| iii° | F#dim | — | Mediant |
| ♯iv° | G#dim | G#m7b5 | Subdominant |
| V | — | — | Dominant |
| vi | Bm | Bm7 | Submediant |
| ♭VII | — | — | Leading tone / subtonic |
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Questions
- What notes are in the D Hungarian Major Scale?
- The D Hungarian Major Scale has 7 notes: D, E#, F#, G#, A, B, C.
- What chords are in the D Hungarian Major Scale?
- The chords of D Hungarian Major are D (I), E#dim (♯ii°), F#dim (iii°), G#dim (♯iv°), Bm (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 D Hungarian Major on the guitar?
- The root D is at fret 10 on the low E string and fret 5 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 10–14, and four more positions connect it up the neck.