About the A flat Neapolitan Minor scale
A flat Neapolitan Minor is used for classical minor-key writing, opera and dramatic film scoring. Think of it as a harmonic minor scale with an added flat second, dark and classical. It is A♭ Phrygian with the seventh raised.
Its notes are A♭, B♭♭, C♭, D♭, E♭, F♭, and G. The formula is H W W W H 1½ H.
Also called Neapolitan and Balinese.
A♭ Neapolitan Minor draws three black keys from the piano, A♭, D♭, and E♭.
Notes and intervals
| 1 | AbA♭ | Root |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | BbbB♭♭ | Minor 2nd |
| 3 | CbC♭ | Minor 3rd |
| 4 | DbD♭ | Perfect 4th |
| 5 | EbE♭ | Perfect 5th |
| 6 | FbF♭ | Minor 6th |
| 7 | GG | Major 7th |
| Steps | H W W W H 1½ H |
|---|---|
| Semitones | 1-2-2-2-1-3-1 |
| Degrees | 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 7 |
Fingering
Suggested fingering, follows standard fingering rules
| Hand | A flat | B double flat | C flat | D flat | E flat | F flat | G | A flat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Right hand | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Left hand | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths
Related scales
Neapolitan Minor in other keys
C Neapolitan Minor scaleD flat Neapolitan Minor scaleD Neapolitan Minor scaleE flat Neapolitan Minor scaleE Neapolitan Minor scaleF Neapolitan Minor scaleG flat Neapolitan Minor scaleG Neapolitan Minor scaleA Neapolitan Minor scaleB flat Neapolitan Minor scaleB Neapolitan Minor scale
Modes
The same notes, starting on a different note.
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