Hungarian minor scale

This scale is one of the few perfectly balanced seven-note subsets of the equally tempered chromatic scale: when its pitches are represented as points in a circle whose full circumference represents an octave, their average position (or "centre of mass") is the centre of the circle.

Tchaikovsky’s piece, “Marche slave”, has a main theme using the Hungarian minor scale.

The Pink Panther Theme, originally played in the key of E minor, is noted for its quirky, unusual use of chromaticism which is derived from this scale.

Oli Herbert of the American melodic metalcore band All That Remains uses the Hungarian minor scale in his playing (“Become the Catalyst”[16]).

Cannibal Corpse’s song “Rabid” off of their Torture album is written in the Hungarian minor scale.

[17] The second section of Klaus Schulze's long composition “Ludwig II” from the album X has a theme built on an ascending Hungarian minor scale.