SCALE REFERENCE

B♭ Hungarian Minor

B♭ – C – D♭ – E – F – G♭ – A1 2 b3 #4 5 b6 7

Harmonic minor with a raised 4th — two augmented-2nd leaps and a very Eastern-European colour.

Notes & degrees
B♭1C2D♭b3E#4F5G♭b6A7
NotesBb, C, Db, E, F, Gb, A
Steps2 – 1 – 3 – 1 – 1 – 3 – 1 (semitones)
Also calledGypsy Minor, Double Harmonic Minor
Piano
CEFAB♭D♭G♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEFG♭AB♭CD♭EBCD♭EFG♭AB♭GAB♭CD♭EFG♭DEFG♭AB♭CD♭AAB♭CD♭EFG♭AEEFG♭AB♭CD♭E

Root notes are red. The full map of the scale on the guitar neck; the common box patterns are groups of these notes.

357912AAB♭CD♭EFG♭AEEFG♭AB♭CD♭ECCD♭EFG♭AB♭CGAB♭CD♭EFG♭

The same scale on a ukulele in standard G–C–E–A tuning.

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
iB♭mB♭m(maj7)
IICC?
♭III+D♭augD♭maj7♯5
♯IVEE?
VFFmaj7
♭VIG♭G♭maj7
viiAmAmin

These are the chords built by stacking scale notes in thirds. Click through for each chord's own diagrams:

iB♭mIIC♭III+D♭aug♯IVEVF♭VIG♭viiAm
Other scales on B♭

Core scales & modes

B♭ MajorB♭ Natural MinorB♭ Harmonic MinorB♭ Melodic MinorB♭ DorianB♭ PhrygianB♭ LydianB♭ MixolydianB♭ Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

B♭ Major PentatonicB♭ Minor PentatonicB♭ BluesB♭ Major Blues

Jazz & altered

B♭ Harmonic MajorB♭ Phrygian DominantB♭ Lydian DominantB♭ AlteredB♭ Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

B♭ Whole ToneB♭ Diminished (Whole–Half)B♭ Diminished (Half–Whole)B♭ Augmented Scale

World & exotic

B♭ Double Harmonic MajorB♭ Neapolitan Minor
Hungarian Minor on another root
CC♯DE♭EFF♯GA♭AB♭B
Keep exploring

See the diatonic chords with audio in the Scale & Chord Finder, find where a key sits among the others on the Circle of Fifths, or start the free Cloud Atelier music guides.