DOUBLE HARMONIC SCALE AND ITS MODES

GRADE | NAME | NOTES | NOTES TRANSPOSED IN C
--- | --- | --- | ---
I | DOUBLE HARMONIC MAJOR |  |
II | LYDIAN #2 #6 |  |
III | ULTRALOCRIAN NATURAL 5 |  |
IV | HUNGARIAN MINOR |  |
V | ORIENTAL |  |
VI | IONIAN AUGMENTED #2 |  |
VII | LOCRIAN bb3 bb7 |  |

DOUBLE HARMONIC MAJOR |

Alternative names: Ionian flat 2 flat 6, Bizantine, Major Gipsy, Charhargah

It starts from the first grade of double harmonic scale

MAJOR | C |  | D |  | E | F |  | G |  | A |  | B | C
HARMONIC MAJOR | C |  | D |  | E | F |  | G | Ab |  |  | B | C
DOUBLE HARMONIC | C | Db |  |  | E | F |  | G | Ab |  |  | B | C

Structure: 1312131

As we can see from the structure, this is a palindromic mode

chords over first notes:
Triad: | Seventh chord: | Complete chord:
major | major seventh |

Chord simbols: C, Cmaj7, C^, C^(b6 b9)

Enharmonic chord simbols: C^(#5), Cmaj7(#5)

This mode works well even on dominant chords

LYDIAN #2 #6 |

Alternative names: Lydian sharp 2 sharp 6

It starts from the second grade of double harmonic scale

Structure: 3121311

chords over first notes:
Triad: | Seventh chord: | Complete chord:
major | major seventh |

Chord simbols: Cmaj7, C^, C^(#11), C^(#6 #9 #11)

Enharmonic chord simbols: C7, Cm7, CØ, C7(b5), C^(b5)

ULTRALOCRIAN NATURAL 5 |

It starts from the third grade of double harmonic scale

Structure: 1213113

chords over first notes:
Triad:
minor

Enharmonic interpretation:

chords over first notes:
Triad:
major

HUNGARIAN MINOR |

Alternative names: Harmonic Minor sharp 4, Lydian flat 3 flat 6, Double Harmonic Minor, Algerian, Minor Gipsy

It starts from the fourth grade of double harmonic scale

HARMONIC MINOR | C |  | D | Eb |  | F |  | G | Ab |  |  | B | C
DOUBLE HARMONIC MINOR | C |  | D | Eb |  |  | F# | G | Ab |  |  | B | C

Structure: 2131131

chords over first notes:
Triad: | Seventh chord: | Complete chord:
minor | minor with major seventh |

Chord simbols: Cm, Cm(maj7), Cm^9, Cm^(#11)

Enharmonic chord simbols: Cm^(b5), Cm^(#5)

ORIENTAL |

Alternative names: Mixolydian flat 5 flat 9

It starts from the fifth grade of double harmonic scale

Structure: 1311312

chords over first notes:
Seventh chord: | Complete chord:
dominant |

Chord simbols: C7, C7(b5), C7(b5 b9)

IONIAN AUGMENTED #2 |

Alternative names: Ionian sharp 2 sharp 5

It starts from the sixth grade of double harmonic scale

Structure: 3113121

chords over first notes:
Triad: | Seventh chord: | Complete chord:
augmented | major seventh with augmented fifth |

Chord simbols: C+, Cmaj7(#5), C^(#5), Cmaj7(#5 #9)

Enharmonic chord simbols: Cm^(#5)

LOCRIAN bb3 bb7 |

It starts from the seventh grade of double harmonic scale

Structure: 1131213

Enharmonic interpretation: