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Hungarian major scale
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On C, ascending[1][2][3] (semitones indicated by slurs)
Component pitches
C, D♯, E, F♯, G, A, B♭
Qualities
Number of pitch classes7
Forte number7-31
Complement5-31
Interval vector<3,3,6,3,3,3>

The Hungarian major scale is a

gypsy music [sic]", as well as in classical music by composers including Franz Liszt (d. 1886) and Zoltán Kodály (d. 1967),"[7] as well as in Thea Musgrave's Horn Concerto (1971).[8]
As a chord scale, Hungarian Major is both a dominant and a diminished scale, with a fully diminished seventh chord composed of C, D#, F#, and A, and a dominant seventh chord composed of C, E, G, and Bb. This is an enharmonic mode of Bb Harmonic Major (Eb & Gb in Bb Harmonic Major, D# & F# in C Hungarian Major), along with G Harmonic Minor (Eb in G Harmonic Minor, D# in C Hungarian Major) and E Hungarian Minor (A# in E Hungarian Minor, Bb in C Hungarian Major). The root note of D Aeolian Dominant is raised a semitone to D#, and the root note of B Phrygian Dominant lowered a semitone to Bb. There is also a ♮6 & ♮2 with the Bb Super Lydian Augmented scale, lowering the C# & G# to C♮ & G♮.

The triads of the scale are

minor7b5 chord on the tonic (in C: C D♯/E♭ F♯/G♭ B♭) contexts.[9]

It is not related to the similarly-named

degree and the Hungarian minor has a minor third and minor sixth degree (however, unlike the major and minor scales the Hungarian major has a minor seventh degree and Hungarian minor has a major seventh
degree).

In India's Carnatic music, this corresponds to the raga Nasikabhushani.

Modes

The scale contains the following modes:[10] [11]

Mode Name of scale Degrees
1 Hungarian major 1 ♯2 3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7 8
2 Ultralocrian double flat6 1 ♭2 ♭3 ♭4 ♭5 double flat6 double flat7 8
3 Harmonic minor ♭5 or Locrian ♮2 and ♮7 1 2 ♭3 4 ♭5 ♭6 7 8
4 Superlocrian/Altered Dominant ♮6 1 ♭2 ♭3 ♭4 ♭5 6 ♭7 8
5 Jazz minor ♯5 1 2 ♭3 4 ♯5 6 7 8
6 Ukrainian Dorian ♭2 1 ♭2 ♭3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7 8
7 Nohkan flute scale or Lydian Augmented ♯3 1 2 ♯3 ♯4 ♯5 6 7 8

See also

References

  1. ISBN 9781317425755
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  2. Shaw, Arnold (1946). The Schillinger System of Musical Composition: Volume 1
    , p. 199. C. Fischer. [ISBN unspecified].
  3. ^ Lee, William F.; ed. (1966). Bill Lee's Theory Made Easy, p. 86. Hansen House. [ISBN unspecified].
  4. ^ Creamer, Dave (2019). The Hidden Symmetry of the 43 Octatonic Scales and 43 Tetrachords, p. 149. Bellasonic Publications.
  5. ISBN 0-7390-9289-8
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  6. ^ "Musical Scale Info: C hungarian major", Scales-Chords.com. Accessed: 27 May 2020.
  7. ISBN 9789525489286
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  8. ^ Smith, Charles Scott (1980). Thea Musgrave's Horn Concerto, p. 19. Thesis (M.Mus) - Michigan State University. Department of Music.
  9. ISBN 9781470625757
    .
  10. ^ "MyMusicTheory | Hungarian scale modes". Archived from the original on 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  11. ^ "Nohkan Flute Scale for Piano | Piano Scales".
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