Neapolitan Minor scale
Classical harmony gave this scale its name, after the Neapolitan sixth chord built on its flat second, a chord that appears constantly in minor-key writing.
- Used for
- Classical minor-key writing, opera and dramatic film scoring.
- Formula
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Steps H W W W H 1½ H Semitones 1-2-2-2-1-3-1 Degrees 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 7 - Also called
- Balinese, Harmonic Phrygian, and Dhenuka.
Neapolitan Minor in all 12 keys
Pick a key to see it on the piano, or jump straight to the guitar view.
- C C Neapolitan Minor scale piano guitar
- D flat Db Neapolitan Minor scale piano guitar
- D D Neapolitan Minor scale piano guitar
- E flat Eb Neapolitan Minor scale piano guitar
- E E Neapolitan Minor scale piano guitar
- F F Neapolitan Minor scale piano guitar
- G flat Gb Neapolitan Minor scale piano guitar
- G G Neapolitan Minor scale piano guitar
- A flat Ab Neapolitan Minor scale piano guitar
- A A Neapolitan Minor scale piano guitar
- B flat Bb Neapolitan Minor scale piano guitar
- B B Neapolitan Minor scale piano guitar
