guitar scale
B Hungarian minor
B1C♯2D♭3E♯♯4F♯5G♭6A♯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
BWC♯HDW+HE♯HF♯HGW+HA♯HB
What is true of it
B Hungarian minor is B, C♯, D, E♯, F♯, G and A♯, and back to B.
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, B harmonic minor differs from it by exactly one note.
Across the first twelve frets of the guitar its notes fall in 45 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 B
B Phrygian dominantexoticB Lydian dominantexoticB alteredexoticB majormajorB natural minorminorB harmonic minorminor
C hung minC♯ hung minD♭ hung minD hung minD♯ hung minE♭ hung minE hung minF hung minall 374