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G romani minor Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

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

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

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

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

B string: C#, D, Eb, F, G, A, Bb at frets 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11

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

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G 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:

G

i

Gm
A

II

Amaj♭5
B♭

bIII

B♭maj
C♯

#IV

E♭7no5/C#
D

v

Dm
E♭

bVI

E♭maj
F

bVII+

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Same notes, different mode

G 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.

A locrian dominantBb ionian major #2C# ultralocrianD neapolitan minorEb lydian #6F 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 (F), 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 G plays neapolitan minor phrases.

How to play G romani minor on guitar

Open G is the tonic, with open A a second above and open D a fifth, so three adjacent open strings can drone while the melody sits on the top two. Lowest root sits at fret 3 on the low E string, which lets the E-shape barre double that open G an octave down. Fret 5 on the D string carries a root as well. First box closes at fret 7.

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