Hungarian Minor Scale

 





The Hungarian Minor is a 7-tone scale with two augmented intervals, as shown below. It is a minor scale with a Major 7th, which also features an augmented 4th (tritone).



Here's a progression over which you can use the Hungarian Minor scale:

Cm(Maj7)-AbMaj7/F#-D7(b5)-Bm6-Gmaj7-Cm(Maj7)-

Ab7(#9)-EbMaj7(#5)-Cm(Maj7).

Here's a MIDI of the scale in use over this progression:

midi\CH16.MID

 

Enigmatic Minor Scale

 






The Enigmatic Minor is another scale with two augmented intervals. It's characterized by the tritone, along with the combination of both at Major 7th and a minor 7th (augmented 6th).


 

Here's a progression over which you can use the Enigmatic Minor scale:

Cm(Maj7)-Ebm6/Db-Cm7/A#-Eb7(#5#9)-F#6-GMaj7(#5)-BMaj7-Cm(Maj7).

Here's a MIDI of the scale in use over this progression:

midi\CH17.MID

Blues Modified Scale


 

 

 




The Blues Modified is a scale with a single augmented interval. It's characterized by the tritone, along with both the perfect fourth and the perfect fifth, making it well-suited for blues soloing.
 


 

 

Here's a progression over which you can use the Blues Modified scale:

Cm7(b5)-GbMaj7(#5)-D7(#5#9)- EbMaj9-Bb-Fsus46-Gm-Cm7(b5).

Here's a MIDI of the scale in use over this progression:

midi\CH08.MID

Aeolian bb7 Scale


 

 




The Aeolian bb7 is a scale with a single augmented interval. It's basically a minor 6 augmented scale.
 


 

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Here's a progression over which you can use the Aeolian bb7 scale:

Cm6-Am7(b5)-Dm7(b5)- Cm69/Eb-Cm6-AbMaj7(#11) -F7(#9)-G7sus4-Cm6.

Here's a MIDI of the scale in use over this progression:

CH10.mid