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A romani minor Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: E, F, G, A, B, C, D#, E at frets 0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12

A string: A, B, C, D#, E, F, G, A at frets 0, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12

D string: D#, E, F, G, A, B, C at frets 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10

G string: G, A, B, C, D#, E, F, G at frets 0, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12

B string: B, C, D#, E, F, G, A, B at frets 0, 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12

High E string: E, F, G, A, B, C, D#, E at frets 0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12

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A romani minor

The romani minor scale is natural minor with a raised 4th: root, 2nd, flat 3rd, sharp 4th, 5th, flat 6th, flat 7th. The #4 against the 5th delivers the wailing, dramatic color associated with Roma fiddle traditions, without harmonic minor's raised 7th. It is the fourth mode of the neapolitan minor scale, and a cousin of the hungarian minor scale.

it consists of these notes and degrees:

A

i

Am
B

II

Bmaj♭5
C

bIII

Cmaj
D♯

#IV

F7no5/D♯
E

v

Em
F

bVI

Fmaj
G

bVII+

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Same notes, different mode

A romani minor uses the same notes as the scales below. Start from a different note and you get a new mode built on the very same note set.

B locrian dominantC ionian major #2D# ultralocrianE neapolitan minorF lydian #6G mixolydian augmented

romani minor in all 12 keys, with chords and related scales

tip
  • Natural minor with a raised 4th: keep every aeolian habit and bend the 4th up a half step (D#) whenever the line rises to the 5th.
  • Unlike hungarian minor it keeps the flat 7th (G), so it works over minor 7th chords without clashing.
  • Feature the #4 (D#) against an open-string root drone for the wailing fiddle color the name points to.
  • It is the fourth mode of neapolitan minor; the same pitch set a 4th above A plays neapolitan minor phrases.

How to play A romani minor on guitar

Open A is the tonic, both E strings sit a fifth above it and the open G and B strings fill in the seventh and the second, which lets almost the whole nut ring in key. Lowest root sits at fret 5 on the low E string, so an E-shape barre and the open A can trade off in the same phrase. Fret 2 on the G string gives another root. Degree II lands as a major triad on a flattened fifth, unusual in a minor key.

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