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Fig. 1 · G# Hungarian minor · first 12 frets

ukulele scale

G♯ Hungarian minor

G♯1A♯2B♭3C𝄪♯4D♯5E♭6F𝄪7

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 A♭ Hungarian minor.

on guitaron piano

Written out

Fig. 2 · G# 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♯HBW+HC𝄪HD♯HEW+HF𝄪HG♯

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, C𝄪 and F𝄪 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.

Across the first twelve frets of the ukulele its notes fall in 30 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.

Chords made only of these notes

D♯majorD♯augaugmentedD♯maj7major seventhEmajorEmminorEdimdiminishedE7dominant seventhEmaj7major seventh

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

Other scales on G♯

G♯ Phrygian dominantexoticG♯ Lydian dominantexoticG♯ alteredexoticG♯ majormajorG♯ natural minorminorG♯ harmonic minorminor

C hung minC♯ hung minD♭ hung minD hung minD♯ hung minE♭ hung minE hung minF hung minall 374