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D romani minor Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

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

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

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

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

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

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

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D 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:

D

i

Dm
E

II

Emaj♭5
F

bIII

Fmaj
G♯

#IV

B♭7no5/G#
A

v

Am
B♭

bVI

B♭maj
C

bVII+

Caug

Same notes, different mode

D 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.

E locrian dominantF ionian major #2G# ultralocrianA neapolitan minorBb lydian #6C 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 (C), 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 D plays neapolitan minor phrases.

How to play D romani minor on guitar

Open D gives the tonic outright, and the open A a fifth above it, so a two-string drone is available at the nut with no barre involved. Both E strings add the major second on top. Lowest root sits at fret 10, low E string, so the E-shape barre lives nearer the middle of the neck than the nut. Degree v is Am, not a dominant, and the first box closes at fret 14.

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