G♭ Hungarian minor

G♭1A♭2B♭♭♭3C♯4D♭5E♭♭♭6F7

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 F♯ Hungarian minor.

on guitar on ukulele

Written out

Fig. 2 · Gb Hungarian minor, ascending

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

G♭WA♭HB♭♭W+HCHD♭HE♭♭W+HFHG♭

What is true of it

G♭ Hungarian minor is G♭, A♭, B♭♭, C, D♭, E♭♭ and F, and back to G♭.

Its steps are W – H – W+H – H – H – W+H – H, where W is a whole step and H a half.

Written correctly it needs 7 alterations, B♭♭ and E♭♭ among them. That is what the letters force, and it is also why nobody writes music in this key: the same notes spelled from the other side are easier to read.

On the same tonic, G♭ harmonic minor differs from it by exactly one note.

Chords made only of these notes

D♭major D♭augaugmented D♭maj7major seventh Fmajor Fmminor Faugaugmented G♭mminor G♭dimdiminished

Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 7 sounds, not chosen.

Other scales on G♭

G♭ Phrygian dominantexotic G♭ Lydian dominantexotic G♭ alteredexotic G♭ majormajor G♭ natural minorminor G♭ harmonic minorminor

C hung min C♯ hung min D♭ hung min D hung min D♯ hung min E♭ hung min E hung min F hung min all 374