Learning the F Hungarian Minor Scale

Play the F gipsy hungarian scale

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

Notes of the F gipsy hungarian scale

Structure

F gipsy hungarian scale notes:

F G Ab B C Db E

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.

F Gipsy Hungarian Scale Guitar Patterns

Static diagrams of every position shown in the player above.

On one string (low E)

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 F gipsy hungarian scale

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

Scales with the same notes as F Gipsy Hungarian

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

Other scales on F

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

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

The gipsy hungarian scale in other keys

All about the gipsy hungarian scale →

Keep learning

• Songs that use each scale
• A three notes per string exercise