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C♯ Neapolitan Major Pentatonic scale

About the C sharp Neapolitan Major Pentatonic scale

C sharp Neapolitan Major Pentatonic is used for jazz and experimental writing. Think of it as a five-note scale with a flat fifth and flat seventh over a major third.

Its notes are C, E, F, G, and B. The formula is 4 semitones H H 4 semitones W.

Two of the notes in C Neapolitan Major Pentatonic are black keys, C and F.

Notes and intervals

1C#C♯Root
2E#E♯Major 3rd
3F#F♯Perfect 4th
4GGDiminished 5th
5BBMinor 7th
Steps4 semitones H H 4 semitones W
Semitones4-1-1-4-2
Degrees1 3 4 5 7

Shapes

Chromatic

CC♯D♭DD♯E♭EFF♯G♭GG♯A♭AA♯B♭B

Circle of Fifths

CGDAEBF♯G♭C♯D♭G♯A♭D♯E♭A♯B♭F

Related scales

Neapolitan Major Pentatonic in other keys

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