guitar scale
A Hungarian minor
A1B2C♭3D♯♯4E5F♭6G♯7
Harmonic minor with a raised fourth, which puts a second augmented second in the middle of the scale.
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
AWBHCW+HD♯HEHFW+HG♯HA
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 46 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
A Phrygian dominantexoticA Lydian dominantexoticA alteredexoticA majormajorA natural minorminorA harmonic minorminor
C hung minC♯ hung minD♭ hung minD hung minD♯ hung minE♭ hung minE hung minF hung minall 374