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E♭ romani minor Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: F, Gb, A, Bb, Cb, Db, Eb at frets 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11

A string: A, Bb, Cb, Db, Eb, F, Gb, A at frets 0, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12

D string: Eb, F, Gb, A, Bb, Cb, Db at frets 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11

G string: A, Bb, Cb, Db, Eb, F, Gb at frets 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11

B string: Cb, Db, Eb, F, Gb, A, Bb, Cb at frets 0, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12

High E string: F, Gb, A, Bb, Cb, Db, Eb at frets 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11

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Eb 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:

E♭

i

E♭m
F

II

Fmaj♭5
G♭

bIII

G♭maj
A

#IV

C♭7no5/A
B♭

v

B♭m
C♭

bVI

C♭maj
D♭

bVII+

D♭aug

Same notes, different mode

Eb 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.

F locrian dominantGb ionian major #2A ultralocrianBb neapolitan minorCb lydian #6Db 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 (A) whenever the line rises to the 5th.
  • Unlike hungarian minor it keeps the flat 7th (Db), so it works over minor 7th chords without clashing.
  • Feature the #4 (A) 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 Eb plays neapolitan minor phrases.

How to play E♭ romani minor on guitar

Two open strings only, the A on the augmented fourth and the B on the minor sixth, so open-position playing stays thin and the work moves up the neck. Fret 1 on the D string is the root nearest the nut, which means a low box is still possible before that climb. Lowest root waits at fret 11, low E. Capo at the 1st fret carries D romani minor fingerings straight in. Shapes reset at fret 15, so the first box repeats above it.

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