Bb Gipsy Hungarian on the Fretboard

Play the Bb gipsy hungarian scale

Use the step menu in the player to switch between the single-string run and the box shapes.

Notes of the Bb gipsy hungarian scale

Structure

Bb gipsy hungarian scale notes:

Bb C Db E F Gb A

How the gipsy hungarian scale is built:

The gipsy hungarian scale is built from the degrees 1 2 b3 #4 5 b6 7, which gives the step pattern W-H-W+H-H-H-W+H-H (W = whole step, H = half step).

Counting in semitones from the root: 0, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11. That makes it a 7-note scale.

It is also known as Hungarian Minor.

Bb Gipsy Hungarian Scale Guitar Patterns

Static diagrams of every position shown in the player above.

On one string (A)

Box pattern — position 1

Box pattern — position 2

Box pattern — position 3

Box pattern — position 4

Box pattern — position 5

3 notes per string — position 1

3 notes per string — position 2

3 notes per string — position 3

3 notes per string — position 4

3 notes per string — position 5

Chords in the Bb gipsy hungarian scale

Stacking thirds on each degree of the scale gives these chords.

Scales with the same notes as Bb Gipsy Hungarian

These scales use exactly the same notes. Each one starts somewhere else, so the root and the mood change.

Other scales on Bb

Same root, different notes. Play them back to back to hear what changes.

• Bb Persian: shares 4 notes
• Bb Bizantine: shares 4 notes
• Bb Dorian #4: shares 5 notes
• Bb Harmonic Minor: 4 instead of #4

The gipsy hungarian scale in other keys

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• Guitar scale song examples
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