guitar scale
G Hungarian minor
G1A2B♭♭3C♯♯4D5E♭♭6F♯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
GWAHB♭W+HC♯HDHE♭W+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.
On the same tonic, G 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
DmajorDaugaugmentedDmaj7major seventhE♭majorE♭mminorE♭dimdiminishedE♭7dominant seventhE♭maj7major 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