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F romani minor Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: F, G, Ab, B, C, Db, Eb at frets 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11

A string: B, C, Db, Eb, F, G, Ab at frets 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11

D string: Eb, F, G, Ab, B, C, Db at frets 1, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11

G string: G, Ab, B, C, Db, Eb, F, G at frets 0, 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12

B string: B, C, Db, Eb, F, G, Ab, B at frets 0, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12

High E string: F, G, Ab, B, C, Db, Eb at frets 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11

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F 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:

F

i

Fm
G

II

Gmaj♭5
A♭

bIII

A♭maj
B

#IV

D♭7no5/B
C

v

Cm
D♭

bVI

D♭maj
E♭

bVII+

E♭aug

Same notes, different mode

F 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.

G locrian dominantAb ionian major #2B ultralocrianC neapolitan minorDb lydian #6Eb 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 (B) whenever the line rises to the 5th.
  • Unlike hungarian minor it keeps the flat 7th (Eb), so it works over minor 7th chords without clashing.
  • Feature the #4 (B) 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 F plays neapolitan minor phrases.

How to play F romani minor on guitar

Lowest root is one fret above the nut, so an E-shape barre at 1 puts the tonic under the index finger straight away. Open G and open B are the second degree and the augmented fourth, which lets both ring against fretted notes without clashing. Fret 3 on the D string holds another root. Capo 1 makes E romani minor shapes transfer whole, and the first box still ends at fret 5.

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