Hungarian Major Scale Piano Reference With Notes & Intervals
🎹 The Hungarian major scale is a 7-note scale that's used a lot in Hungarian gypsy music and some classical music.
It shares 4 notes wite the the Hungarian minor scale, but otherwise the two scales are not quite related.
Here you'll find an interactive piano reference for the Hungarian major scale with notes on the piano keyboard, intervals and scale formula.
Hungarian Major Scale Intervals
The intervals of the Hungarian major scale are:
Hungarian Major Scale Formula
The formula for the Hungarian major scale is: (W+h), h, W, h, W, h, W
W: Whole step, h: Half step (semitone)
Hungarian Major Scales Note Chart
| C | ||
| C♯ | ||
| D | ||
| D♯ | ||
| E | ||
| F | ||
| F♯ | ||
| G | ||
| G♯ | ||
| A | ||
| A♯ | ||
| B |
And now here are interactive piano keyboard layouts, one for each key, where you can hear the Hungarian major scales being played up and down:
C Hungarian Major Scale
notes:
C♯ Hungarian Major Scale
notes:
D Hungarian Major Scale
notes:
D♯ Hungarian Major Scale
notes:
E Hungarian Major Scale
notes:
F Hungarian Major Scale
notes:
F♯ Hungarian Major Scale
notes:
G Hungarian Major Scale
notes:
G♯ Hungarian Major Scale
notes:
A Hungarian Major Scale
notes:
A♯ Hungarian Major Scale
notes:
B Hungarian Major Scale
notes:
Hungarian Major Scale Chords
Here's a list of chord types that fit the Hungarian major scale:
References to major & minor scales:
C majorC♯ majorD♭ majorD majorE♭ majorE majorF majorF♯ majorG♭ majorG majorA♭ majorA majorB♭ majorB majorC♭ major
C minor C♯ minor D♭ minorD minorD♯ minorE♭ minorE minorF minorF♯ minorG minorG♯ minorA♭ minorA minorA♯ minorB♭ minorB minor
Piano Samples
The piano samples used for this Hungarian major scale reference are from “Salamander Grand Piano V3” by Alexander Holm, licensed under CC BY 3.0.
