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F♯ romani minor Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

F♯m
G♯

II

G#maj♭5
A

bIII

Amaj
B♯

#IV

D7no5/B♯
C♯

v

C♯m
D

bVI

Dmaj
E

bVII+

Eaug

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 dominantA ionian major #2B# ultralocrianC# neapolitan minorD lydian #6E 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 (C) whenever the line rises to the 5th.
  • Unlike hungarian minor it keeps the flat 7th (E), so it works over minor 7th chords without clashing.
  • Feature the #4 (C) 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

Four open strings fall in the key, both E strings on the minor seventh, the A on the minor third and the D on the minor sixth, so the nut area gives colour tones but never the tonic. Lowest root sits at fret 2 on the low E, which lets an E-shape barre cover the key from almost the nut. Fret 4 on the D string carries another root. Capo 2 converts E romani minor shapes.

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