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D♭ hungarian minor scale

Exotic7 notes · D♭ + E♭ + F♭ + A♭

D♭hungarian minor

KeyboardRight hand · 1 = thumb

RootIn scale

Fingering guideOne octave · both hands

Crossing
Fingering for D♭ hungarian minor, going up
HandD♭E♭F♭GA♭B𝄫CD♭
Right hand341thumb under231thumb under23
Left hand32144 over32133 over

1 thumb · 2 index · 3 middle · 4 ring · 5 little

Right hand: the thumb tucks under onto F♭, then the thumb tucks under onto B𝄫. Left hand: finger 4 crosses over onto G, then finger 3 crosses over onto D♭.

Chords in the key

This scale's chords don't all have standard names.

Hand
Tempo
100 BPM

How to read a scale

Steps, degrees, fingers.

  1. The step pattern

    Every scale is a pattern of whole and half steps. D♭ hungarian minor goes W–H–W+H–H–H–W+H–H: the step and a halfs between F♭ and G, and between B𝄫 and C give it its colour.

  2. The degrees

    Number the notes from the root: 1 D♭, 2 E♭, ♭3 F♭, ♯4 G, 5 A♭, ♭6 B𝄫, 7 C. The degrees stay the same in every key, so a pattern learned in D♭ works in any other.

  3. The fingering

    Right hand: the thumb tucks under onto F♭, then the thumb tucks under onto B𝄫. Left hand: finger 4 crosses over onto G, then finger 3 crosses over onto D♭. Practise the crossings slowly; once they're smooth, raise the tempo.

All 216 scales

Every scale and mode on every root, each with its own page.

C

D♭

D

E♭

E

F

G♭

G

A♭

A

B♭

B

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