Hungarian gypsy scale
The Hungarian scale or Hungarian Gypsy Scale is a name given by different authorities to two different scale forms. The more commonly used of these scales is the fourth mode of the Double harmonic scale (also known as the Byzantine scale), it can be found by sharpening the 4th degree of the harmonic minor scale to introduce an additional gap, or augmented second. This is a symmetrical scale and used in both Carnatic and Hindustani music. It is also found in Western Classical music, such as mm. 5-6 of Liszt's Sonata in B Minor.[citation needed] More recently, artists such as the Arctic Monkeys have used it.[citation needed] The chorus in Metallica's "Master of Puppets" is in E Hungarian gypsy scale.[citation needed] The alternative version is the asymmetric scale, the Aeolian #4 scale.[2][3] The term may also refer to the double harmonic scale.[4]
Hungarian Gypsy scale may also be called or refer to the Neapolitan minor scale[5] or the minor Gypsy scale.
[edit] Scale in corresponding keys
A Hungarian Gypsy:
A B C D# E F G/G#
C Hungarian Gypsy:
C D Eb F# G Ab Bb/B
E Hungarian Gypsy:
E F# G A# B C D/D#
The structure of this scale is (w = whole-step, h = half-step, + = augmented):
w - h - + - h - h - w/+
in semitones:
2 1 3 1 1 2/3
[edit] Sources
- ^ Cooper, Paul (1973). Perspectives in Music Theory: An Historical-Analytical Approach, p.18. ISBN 0-396-06752-2.
- ^ Adam Kadmon. The Guitar Grimoire (Vol 1). Carl Fischer.[page needed]
- ^ Celentano, Dave (1991). Monster Scales and Modes. Centrestream. ISBN 0931759595.[page needed]
- ^ Sternal, Mark John (2005). Guitar: Total Scales Techniques and Applications, p.129. ISBN 0976291703.
- ^ Kadmon, Adam (1998). The Guitar Grimoire Progressions & Improvisation, p.280. ISBN 0825831970.
[edit] External links
- http://jguitar.com/scale/C%23/Hungarian%20Gypsy - Illustration of the scale on a guitar of Double Harmonic variety.
- http://www.power-chord.com/gaff/mapper/ - Illustration of the scale on a guitar of Aeolian #4 as Hungarian Gypsy.
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