C# Hungarian Minor Guitar Scale
Guitar scale in Drop D tuning — fretboard diagram
C# Hungarian Minor in Drop D — Notes and Intervals
The C# Hungarian Minor scale, also known as the Gypsy Minor, is famous for its two wide melodic gaps. On Guitar, its notes are C#, D#, E, G, G#, A, C. It sounds powerful, mysterious, and perfectly balanced, frequently appearing in classical masterworks and modern melodic metal. Commonly used in Classical, Metal, Klezmer, Film Scores, Gypsy Jazz. Notable players include Franz Liszt, Yngwie Malmsteen, Marty Friedman, Django Reinhardt. Use over m chords in gypsy jazz and neoclassical metal. Works beautifully over i-V progressions in minor keys.
Notes: C#, D#, E, G, G#, A, C
Intervals: 1P, 2M, 3m, 4A, 5P, 6m, 7M
Degrees: 1 2 b3 #4 5 b6 7
Formula: W-H-WH-H-H-WH-H
Number of notes: 7
Tuning: Drop D (E-B-G-D-A-D)
Explore This Scale in Other Tunings
- C# Hungarian Minor in Standard Tuning
- C# Hungarian Minor in DADGAD
- C# Hungarian Minor in Open G
- C# Hungarian Minor in Baritone (B Standard)
- C# Hungarian Minor in 7-string
- C# Hungarian Minor in 8-string
- C# Hungarian Minor in Drop C
- C# Hungarian Minor in Drop B
- C# Hungarian Minor in Open D
- C# Hungarian Minor in Half Step Down
- C# Hungarian Minor in Open E
- C# Hungarian Minor in Open A
- C# Hungarian Minor in Double Drop D
- C# Hungarian Minor in Open C