Guitar scale · exotic
Eb 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.
Eb 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|-------------------------------------------11-14-15-| B|-------------------------------------13-14----------| G|-------------------------11-12-14-15----------------| D|-------------------11-13----------------------------| A|----------12-13-15----------------------------------| E|-11-14-15-------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------14-15-17-| B|-------------------------------------14-16----------| G|----------------------------14-15-17----------------| D|-------------------13-16-17-------------------------| A|----------13-15-16----------------------------------| E|-14-15-17-------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------15-17-18-| B|-------------------------------------16-19----------| G|----------------------------15-17-18----------------| D|-------------------16-17-19-------------------------| A|----------15-16-18----------------------------------| E|-15-17-18-------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------18-20-21-| B|----------------------------------19-20-22----------| G|----------------------------18-20-------------------| D|-------------------19-20-22-------------------------| A|----------18-21-22----------------------------------| E|-18-20-21-------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------20-21-| B|----------------------20-22-------| G|-------------------20-------------| D|-------------20-22----------------| A|-------21-22----------------------| E|-20-21----------------------------|
How to play Eb Hungarian Major on guitar
Find the root first: Eb is at fret 11 on the low E string and fret 6 on the A string. The blue notes on the diagram are every Eb 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 11–15. 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 | Eb |
| ♯2 | F# |
| 3 | G |
| ♯4 | A |
| 5 | Bb |
| 6 | C |
| ♭7 | Db |
Chords in Eb Hungarian Major
Stack every other note of the scale and you get these seven chords. They are the chords that sound "at home" in Eb Hungarian Major; tap one to see its shapes.
| Degree | Chord | 7th chord | Function |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | Eb | Eb7 | Tonic |
| ♯ii° | F#dim | F#dim7 | Supertonic |
| iii° | Gdim | — | Mediant |
| ♯iv° | Adim | Am7b5 | Subdominant |
| V | — | — | Dominant |
| vi | Cm | Cm7 | Submediant |
| ♭VII | — | — | Leading tone / subtonic |
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Questions
- What notes are in the Eb Hungarian Major Scale?
- The Eb Hungarian Major Scale has 7 notes: Eb, F#, G, A, Bb, C, Db.
- What chords are in the Eb Hungarian Major Scale?
- The chords of Eb Hungarian Major are Eb (I), F#dim (♯ii°), Gdim (iii°), Adim (♯iv°), Cm (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 Eb Hungarian Major on the guitar?
- The root Eb is at fret 11 on the low E string and fret 6 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 11–15, and four more positions connect it up the neck.