Colour key
R234p567Each colour is a scale degree, counted from the key. A ♭ or ♯ note keeps its degree's colour: ♭3 is still amber.
E Hungarian minor
Harmonic minor with a ♯4: augmented 2nds on both sides. Gypsy, Eastern European drama.
Where you hear it: Over minor and m(maj7) chords with a ♯11.
Step pattern W – H – W+H – H – H – W+H – H
- Compared with E major: ♭3 G♯ → G, ♯4 A → A♯, ♭6 C♯ → C
- Compared with E natural minor: ♯4 A → A♯, ♯7 D → D♯
E Hungarian minor on the guitar
Pick a position below to outline it on the neck.
in the pentatonic r ♭3 ♯4 5 7: playedother notes of Hungarian minor: 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 E Hungarian minor
Hungarian minor 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 E Hungarian minor
- 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.
- Bmaj71/15easyfret 7· shell
- Cmaj71/27easyopen
- D♯m61/5mediumfret 1
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 Em 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 E Hungarian minor.
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No common guitar shape for this chord in the library.
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