Colour key
R234p567Each colour is a scale degree, counted from the key. A ♭ or ♯ note keeps its degree's colour: ♭3 is still amber.
B Double harmonic major
♭2 and ♭6 around a major 3rd and 7: two augmented 2nds. Byzantine, Arabic, snake-charmer exotic.
Where you hear it: Over a major tonic with a ♭II pull (I – ♭II – I).
Step pattern H – W+H – H – W – H – W+H – H
- Compared with B major: ♭2 C♯ → C, ♭6 G♯ → G
- Compared with B natural minor: ♭2 C♯ → C, ♯3 D → D♯, ♯7 A → A♯
B Double harmonic major on the guitar
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in the pentatonic r ♭2 3 5 ♭6: playedother notes of Double harmonic major: not playedPlay runs up the position from its lowest note and back down; Sample melody plays a short tune using only its notes. Tap a position's name to see it on the neck.
Modes with the same notes as B Double harmonic major
Double harmonic major is a scale of its own, not a mode of the major, harmonic minor or melodic minor scale, so no named mode shares its notes.
Every chord in B Double harmonic major
- Bmaj71/15easyfret 7· shell
- Cmaj71/27easyopen
- D♯m61/5mediumfret 1
- Em(maj7)1/8mediumfret 7
- F♯7♭51/8easyfret 2· shell
- Gmaj7♯51/6easyfret 3· shell
No shape in the library for this chord yet.
Each chord stacks every other note of the scale (root, 3rd, 5th, 7th). Tap a row to hear it.
Sus and extension chords from each chord
From B you can go through the 2nd of the scale to sus2 and 9 chords, through the 4th to sus4 and 11, and so on. All seven chords of B Double harmonic major.
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