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

ukulele scale

C♯ Hungarian minor

C♯1D♯2E♭3F𝄪♯4G♯5A♭6B♯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 D♭ Hungarian minor.

on guitaron piano

Written out

Fig. 2 · C# 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

C♯WD♯HEW+HF𝄪HG♯HAW+HB♯HC♯

What is true of it

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

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 6 alterations, 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, C♯ harmonic minor differs from it by exactly one note.

Across the first twelve frets of the ukulele its notes fall in 32 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.

Chords made only of these notes

C♯mminorC♯dimdiminishedEaugaugmentedG♯majorG♯augaugmentedG♯maj7major seventhAmajorAmminor

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

Other scales on C♯

C♯ Phrygian dominantexoticC♯ Lydian dominantexoticC♯ alteredexoticC♯ majormajorC♯ natural minorminorC♯ harmonic minorminor

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