Hungarian minor scale
The Hungarian minor scale is a type of combined musical scale. It is akin to the harmonic minor scale, except that it bears a raised fourth. Its tonal center is slightly ambiguous, due to the plentiful amount of half steps. Also known as Double Harmonic Minor, or Harmonic Minor #4, it figures prominently in Eastern European music, particularly in gypsy music. Melodies based on this scale have an exotic, romantic flavor.
A Hungarian minor scale in the key of C would proceed as follows: C D Eb F# G Ab B.
Its scale degrees are 1 2 b3 #4 5 b6 7, and its step pattern is W H m3 H H m3 H. or: w -
h - + - h - h - h
Chords that may be derived from the scale are Cm, D7b5, Eb+, G, Ab7 and Bm6.
This scale is obtainable from the *Arabic scale by starting from the fourth of that scale. Said another way, the C Hungarian minor scale is equivalent to the G Arabic scale.
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