guitar scale
E Hungarian minor
E1F♯2G♭3A♯♯4B5C♭6D♯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
EWF♯HGW+HA♯HBHCW+HD♯HE
What is true of it
E Hungarian minor is E, F♯, G, A♯, B, C and D♯, and back to E.
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, E 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
CmajorCmminorCdimdiminishedC7dominant seventhCmaj7major seventhCm7minor seventhCm7♭5half-diminished seventhD♯major
Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 7 sounds, not chosen.
Other scales on E
E Phrygian dominantexoticE Lydian dominantexoticE alteredexoticE majormajorE natural minorminorE harmonic minorminor
C hung minC♯ hung minD♭ hung minD hung minD♯ hung minE♭ hung minF hung minF♯ hung minall 374