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Compiling global examples of music in the Hungarian Minor Scale

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(C-D-E^b-F^#-G-A^b-B-C)

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• Hungarian Minor: Sounds •

Real-world examples of the scale in action:

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• General: 

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• India: Known in South India’s Carnatic traditions as Ragam Simhendramadhyamam (melakarta scale #57) – hailed by critic Charulatha Mani for its “regal, meditative, bold, and striking” qualities. Similarly used in modern Hindustani music under the same name, first imported North by sitarist Ravi Shankar in the 1950s (Shankar also used it on his soundtrack for the 1966 cult classic film Chappaqua).

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—Ragam Simhendramadhyamam (South India)—

Aruna Sairam & Jayanthi Kumaresh (Carnatic vocal/veena)

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• Hungarian Minor: More •

Features, classifiers, quirks, etc…

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[analysis: coming soon]

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—Classifiers & Quirks—

• Modes: Dbl. Harmonic (on ♮5)
• Quirks: Cohemitonic; Centred; Reflectional sym. (imperfect: ♮2, b3, #4; detached: none)
• Names: Hungarian Minor, Double Harmonic Minor, Harmonic Minor #4 (Western); Simhendramadhyamam (Hindustani/Carnatic)

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n.b. For more detailed geometric and mathematical analysis, refer to this scale’s entry in Ian Ring’s fantastic Exciting Universe of Music Theory project (for which I am an occasional ‘raga consultant’)

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