Guitar scale · exotic
E 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.
E 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|-----------------------------0-3-4-| B|-------------------------2-3-------| G|-----------------0-1-3-4-----------| D|-------------0-2-------------------| A|-------1-2-4-----------------------| E|-0-3-4-----------------------------|
e|-----------------------------3-4-6-| B|-------------------------3-5-------| G|-------------------3-4-6-----------| D|-------------2-5-6-----------------| A|-------2-4-5-----------------------| E|-3-4-6-----------------------------|
e|-----------------------------4-6-7-| B|-------------------------5-8-------| G|-------------------4-6-7-----------| D|-------------5-6-8-----------------| A|-------4-5-7-----------------------| E|-4-6-7-----------------------------|
e|----------------------------------7-9-10-| B|---------------------------8-9-11--------| G|-----------------------7-9---------------| D|----------------8-9-11-------------------| A|--------7-10-11--------------------------| E|-7-9-10----------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------9-10-12-| B|----------------------------------11-12---------| G|--------------------------9-12-13---------------| D|------------------9-11-12-----------------------| A|---------10-11-13-------------------------------| E|-9-10-12----------------------------------------|
How to play E Hungarian Major on guitar
Find the root first: E is at fret 0 on the low E string and fret 7 on the A string. The blue notes on the diagram are every E 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 0–4. 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 | E |
| ♯2 | G |
| 3 | G# |
| ♯4 | A# |
| 5 | B |
| 6 | C# |
| ♭7 | D |
Chords in E Hungarian Major
Stack every other note of the scale and you get these seven chords. They are the chords that sound "at home" in E Hungarian Major; tap one to see its shapes.
| Degree | Chord | 7th chord | Function |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | E | E7 | Tonic |
| ♯ii° | Gdim | Gdim7 | Supertonic |
| iii° | G#dim | — | Mediant |
| ♯iv° | A#dim | A#m7b5 | Subdominant |
| V | — | — | Dominant |
| vi | C#m | C#m7 | Submediant |
| ♭VII | — | — | Leading tone / subtonic |
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Questions
- What notes are in the E Hungarian Major Scale?
- The E Hungarian Major Scale has 7 notes: E, G, G#, A#, B, C#, D.
- What chords are in the E Hungarian Major Scale?
- The chords of E Hungarian Major are E (I), Gdim (♯ii°), G#dim (iii°), A#dim (♯iv°), C#m (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 E Hungarian Major on the guitar?
- The root E is at fret 0 on the low E string and fret 7 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 0–4, and four more positions connect it up the neck.