guitar scale
D Hungarian minor
D1E2F♭3G♯♯4A5B♭♭6C♯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
DWEHFW+HG♯HAHB♭W+HC♯HD
What is true of it
D Hungarian minor is D, E, F, G♯, A, B♭ and C♯, and back to D.
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, D 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 D
D Phrygian dominantexoticD Lydian dominantexoticD alteredexoticD majormajorD natural minorminorD harmonic minorminor
C hung minC♯ hung minD♭ hung minD♯ hung minE♭ hung minE hung minF hung minF♯ hung minall 374