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D♯ Prometheus Neapolitan scale

About the D sharp Prometheus Neapolitan scale

D sharp Prometheus Neapolitan is used for impressionist and experimental writing. Think of it as the Prometheus scale with a flat second added.

Its notes are D, E, G, A, B, and C. The formula is H 1½ W 1½ H W. It is the fourth mode of A Blues Diminished.

Two of the notes in D Prometheus Neapolitan are black keys, D and C. Its raised fourth lands on the white key A. The key lines up four white keys back to back.

Notes and intervals

1D#D♯Root
2EEMinor 2nd
3GGMajor 3rd
4AAAugmented 4th
5B#B♯Major 6th
6C#C♯Augmented 6th
StepsH 1½ W 1½ H W
Semitones1-3-2-3-1-2
Degrees1 2 3 4 6 6

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

Prometheus Neapolitan in other keys

Modes

The same notes, starting on a different note.

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Eb Prometheus Neapolitan scale on piano shown as colored note dots
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