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B romani minor Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

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

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

D string: D, E#, F#, G, A, B, C#, D at frets 0, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12

G string: G, A, B, C#, D, E#, F#, G at frets 0, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12

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

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

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B 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:

B

i

Bm
C♯

II

C#maj♭5
D

bIII

Dmaj
E♯

#IV

G7no5/E♯
F♯

v

F♯m
G

bVI

Gmaj
A

bVII+

Aaug

Same notes, different mode

B 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.

C# locrian dominantD ionian major #2E# ultralocrianF# neapolitan minorG lydian #6A 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 (F) whenever the line rises to the 5th.
  • Unlike hungarian minor it keeps the flat 7th (A), so it works over minor 7th chords without clashing.
  • Feature the #4 (F) 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 B plays neapolitan minor phrases.

How to play B romani minor on guitar

Open B is the tonic, with the open A, D and G strings covering the seventh, the third and the sixth, so four ringing strings back any fretted line here. Lowest root waits at fret 7 of the low E string, which means E-shape and A-shape barres sit at 7 and 2 respectively. Fret 4 on the G string holds another root. Cadences lean on the augmented bVII+ since no dominant exists.

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