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C♯ romani minor Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

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

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

D string: D#, E, F##, G#, A, B, C# at frets 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11

G string: F##, G#, A, B, C#, D#, E, F## at frets 0, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12

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

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

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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

C♯m
D♯

II

D#maj♭5
E

bIII

Emaj
F𝄪

#IV

A7no5/F𝄪
G♯

v

G♯m
A

bVI

Amaj
B

bVII+

Baug

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 dominantE ionian major #2G ultralocrianG# neapolitan minorA lydian #6B 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 (G) whenever the line rises to the 5th.
  • Unlike hungarian minor it keeps the flat 7th (B), so it works over minor 7th chords without clashing.
  • Feature the #4 (G) 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

Capo at the 1st fret and every C romani minor shape lands in this key, which means the 4 sharps on paper cost nothing under the fingers. Five open strings sit in the key, but none of them is the tonic, so they work as passing tones rather than as a pedal. Lowest root sits at fret 9, low E string. Fret 2 on the B string is the nearest to the nut, and shapes reset at fret 13.

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