Guitar scale · exotic
F 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.
F 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|-----------------------------1-4-5-| B|-------------------------3-4-------| G|-----------------1-2-4-5-----------| D|-------------1-3-------------------| A|-------2-3-5-----------------------| E|-1-4-5-----------------------------|
e|-----------------------------4-5-7-| B|-------------------------4-6-------| G|-------------------4-5-7-----------| D|-------------3-6-7-----------------| A|-------3-5-6-----------------------| E|-4-5-7-----------------------------|
e|-----------------------------5-7-8-| B|-------------------------6-9-------| G|-------------------5-7-8-----------| D|-------------6-7-9-----------------| A|-------5-6-8-----------------------| E|-5-7-8-----------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------8-10-11-| B|------------------------------9-10-12---------| G|-------------------------8-10-----------------| D|-----------------9-10-12----------------------| A|---------8-11-12------------------------------| E|-8-10-11--------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------10-11-13-| B|-------------------------------------12-13----------| G|----------------------------10-13-14----------------| D|-------------------10-12-13-------------------------| A|----------11-12-14----------------------------------| E|-10-11-13-------------------------------------------|
How to play F Hungarian Major on guitar
Find the root first: F is at fret 1 on the low E string and fret 8 on the A string. The blue notes on the diagram are every F 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 1–5. 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 | F |
| ♯2 | G# |
| 3 | A |
| ♯4 | B |
| 5 | C |
| 6 | D |
| ♭7 | Eb |
Chords in F Hungarian Major
Stack every other note of the scale and you get these seven chords. They are the chords that sound "at home" in F Hungarian Major; tap one to see its shapes.
| Degree | Chord | 7th chord | Function |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | F | F7 | Tonic |
| ♯ii° | G#dim | G#dim7 | Supertonic |
| iii° | Adim | — | Mediant |
| ♯iv° | Bdim | Bm7b5 | Subdominant |
| V | — | — | Dominant |
| vi | Dm | Dm7 | Submediant |
| ♭VII | — | — | Leading tone / subtonic |
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Questions
- What notes are in the F Hungarian Major Scale?
- The F Hungarian Major Scale has 7 notes: F, G#, A, B, C, D, Eb.
- What chords are in the F Hungarian Major Scale?
- The chords of F Hungarian Major are F (I), G#dim (♯ii°), Adim (iii°), Bdim (♯iv°), Dm (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 F Hungarian Major on the guitar?
- The root F is at fret 1 on the low E string and fret 8 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 1–5, and four more positions connect it up the neck.