Scales
A Hungarian Major Scale
A · B# · C# · D# · E · F# · G
A Hungarian Major is a scale built on A with the notes A · B# · C# · D# · E · F# · G.
A Hungarian Major Scale
A · B# · C# · D# · E · F# · G
Fingering on the piano
| Hand | Fingering | Notes | Play it on your instrument |
|---|---|---|---|
| Right hand | 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 | A · B# · C# · D# · E · F# · G · A | |
| Left hand | 5 4 3 2 1 3 2 1 | A · B# · C# · D# · E · F# · G · A |
One octave ascending; 1 is the thumb. A standard fingering, not the only one.
Tap a key or a fret to hear it.
Scale degrees
A Hungarian Major is made of the notes A · B# · C# · D# · E · F# · G. Each is a degree counted from the tonic, and the gaps between them are the step pattern W½ H W H W H W.
Read on: scale degrees · building any scale
Chords in this key
Stacking thirds on each degree of A Hungarian Major gives the chords of the key; the roman numeral names the degree each is built on.
Triads
Related scales
The scales A Hungarian Major shares its notes with: the one it is a rotation of, the relative and parallel keys, the scales inside it and the ones that contain it.
Scales inside it
A Lydian Dominant PentatonicA · C# · D# · E · G
Every note of this scale is in A Hungarian Major.
A Super Locrian PentatonicA · C · Db · Eb · G
Every note of this scale is in A Hungarian Major.
Scales that contain it
A Half-Whole DiminishedA · Bb · C · C# · D# · E · F# · G
Contains every note of A Hungarian Major.
A Composite BluesA · B · C · C# · D · Eb · E · F# · G
Contains every note of A Hungarian Major.
A ChromaticA · Bb · B · C · C# · D · Eb · E · F · F# · G · G#
Contains every note of A Hungarian Major.
Common questions
- How do I play A Hungarian Major?
- On guitar start with the 1st position, played from the lowest string upward; the instrument panel on this page shows its frets and the positions further up the neck. On the piano the right hand ascends 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4, with 1 as the thumb. Every position plays when you press it.
- What chords are in the key of A Hungarian Major?
- Stacking thirds on each degree of A Hungarian Major gives A (I), B#dim (ii°), C#dim (iii°), D#dim (iv°), Em#5 (V+), F#m (vi), B#m/G (vii). These are the diatonic chords of the key, the ones a song in this key uses most; the harmony band on this page lists them with the seventh chords built the same way.
- What notes are in A Hungarian Major?
- A Hungarian Major contains the notes A · B# · C# · D# · E · F# · G, measured from the tonic A as the intervals 1P, 2A, 3M, 4A, 5P, 6M, 7m. Play them in order for the scale: every note on this page sounds when you tap it, and the step pattern under the degrees shows the distance from each note to the next.
- What is the formula of A Hungarian Major?
- From A the steps run W½ H W H W H W, where a whole step is two frets or two keys and a half step one. Apply the same pattern from any other note and you get the same scale on that root, which is why every root of this scale has a page here.