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G♯ romani minor Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

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

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

D string: C##, D#, E, F#, G#, A#, B, C## at frets 0, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12

G string: G#, A#, B, C##, D#, E, F# at frets 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11

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

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

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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

G♯m
A♯

II

A#maj♭5
B

bIII

Bmaj
C𝄪

#IV

E7no5/C𝄪
D♯

v

D♯m
E

bVI

Emaj
F♯

bVII+

F♯aug

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 dominantB ionian major #2D ultralocrianD# neapolitan minorE 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 (D) 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 (D) 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

Nearest root to the nut is fret 1 on the G string, so a compact first-position box exists even though the lowest root waits at fret 4 on the low E string. Open low E and high E give the minor sixth, the open D the augmented fourth and the open B the minor third. Degree v comes out as D#m, which means the usual dominant pull is absent and cadences need the bVI or the augmented bVII+. Capo 1 imports G romani minor fingerings.

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