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C romani minor Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: F#, G, Ab, Bb, C, D, Eb at frets 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11

A string: Bb, C, D, Eb, F#, G, Ab at frets 1, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11

D string: D, Eb, F#, G, Ab, Bb, C, D at frets 0, 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12

G string: G, Ab, Bb, C, D, Eb, F#, G at frets 0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12

B string: C, D, Eb, F#, G, Ab, Bb at frets 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11

High E string: F#, G, Ab, Bb, C, D, Eb at frets 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11

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C 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:

C

i

Cm
D

II

Dmaj♭5
E♭

bIII

E♭maj
F♯

#IV

A♭7no5/F#
G

v

Gm
A♭

bVI

A♭maj
B♭

bVII+

B♭aug

Same notes, different mode

C 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.

D locrian dominantEb ionian major #2F# ultralocrianG neapolitan minorAb lydian #6Bb 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 (Bb), 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 C plays neapolitan minor phrases.

How to play C romani minor on guitar

Open D and open G both belong to this key as the second and the fifth, which lets a drone pair hold underneath while the fretting hand works higher up. Lowest root sits at fret 8 on the low E string, with fret 1 on the B string closest to the nut. Degree v arrives as Gm rather than a dominant seventh, so cadences lean on the bVII+ triad or on voice leading alone. First box ends at fret 12.

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