SCALE REFERENCE

C♯ Hungarian Minor

C♯ – D♯ – E – G – G♯ – A – B♯1 2 b3 #4 5 b6 7

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

Notes & degrees
C♯1D♯2Eb3G#4G♯5Ab6B♯7
NotesC#, D#, E, G, G#, A, B#
Steps2 – 1 – 3 – 1 – 1 – 3 – 1 (semitones)
Also calledGypsy Minor, Double Harmonic Minor
Piano
EGAB♯C♯D♯G♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEGG♯AB♯C♯D♯EBB♯C♯D♯EGG♯AGGG♯AB♯C♯D♯EGDD♯EGG♯AB♯C♯AAB♯C♯D♯EGG♯AEEGG♯AB♯C♯D♯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♯C♯D♯EGG♯AEEGG♯AB♯C♯D♯ECB♯C♯D♯EGG♯AB♯GGG♯AB♯C♯D♯EG

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
iC♯mC♯m(maj7)
IID♯D♯?
♭III+EaugEmaj7♯5
♯IVGG?
VG♯G♯maj7
♭VIAAmaj7
viiB♯mB♯min

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

iC♯mIID♯♭III+Eaug♯IVGVG♯♭VIAviiB♯m
Other scales on C♯

Core scales & modes

C♯ MajorC♯ Natural MinorC♯ Harmonic MinorC♯ Melodic MinorC♯ DorianC♯ PhrygianC♯ LydianC♯ MixolydianC♯ Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

C♯ Major PentatonicC♯ Minor PentatonicC♯ BluesC♯ Major Blues

Jazz & altered

C♯ Harmonic MajorC♯ Phrygian DominantC♯ Lydian DominantC♯ AlteredC♯ Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

C♯ Whole ToneC♯ Diminished (Whole–Half)C♯ Diminished (Half–Whole)C♯ Augmented Scale

World & exotic

C♯ Double Harmonic MajorC♯ 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.