guitar scale
A♭ Hungarian minor
Harmonic minor with a raised fourth, which puts a second augmented second in the middle of the scale.
The same sounds spelled from the other side are G♯ Hungarian minor.
Written out
Every accidental is written in, rather than left to a key signature, so the letters can be read one at a time.
The step pattern
What is true of it
A♭ Hungarian minor is A♭, B♭, C♭, D, E♭, F♭ and G, and back to A♭.
Its steps are W – H – W+H – H – H – W+H – H, where W is a whole step and H a half.
On the same tonic, A♭ harmonic minor differs from it by exactly one note.
Across the first twelve frets of the guitar its notes fall in 47 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.
Chords made only of these notes
Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 7 sounds, not chosen.
Other scales on A♭
C hung minC♯ hung minD♭ hung minD hung minD♯ hung minE♭ hung minE hung minF hung minall 374