A Neapolitan majorScale
Formula
A Neapolitan major on the chromatic circle
A Neapolitan major is one of the exotic scales. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.
A Neapolitan major across the fretboard
Every note of the scale up to the 16th fret, named by its degree. The root is a ring. Step through the five CAGED positions one at a time in the scale library.
Chords in A Neapolitan major
Stack every other note of the scale from each degree and you get its chords. Open any of them in the chord library.
Where A Neapolitan major fits
A minor 3rd under a major upper half, with a ♭2: rare, used for colour in classical music and modern jazz.
Move one note by a half step and you get a different scale:
Neapolitan major scale in every key
A Neapolitan major scale questions
What notes are in the A Neapolitan major scale?
A B♭ C D E F♯ G♯. As degrees from the root: 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 5 6 7.
What is the A Neapolitan major scale formula?
1 ♭2 ♭3 4 5 6 7, or in steps between the notes, H W W W W W H (W is a whole step of two frets, H a half step of one fret, 1½ three frets).
How do you play the A Neapolitan major scale on guitar?
This page draws every note of A Neapolitan major up to the 16th fret, each named by its degree with the root as a ring. To learn it a few frets at a time, open it in the scale library and step through its five CAGED positions, from the G shape to the E shape to the D shape to the C shape to the A shape.
What chords are in the A Neapolitan major scale?
Am(maj7) (i), B♭maj7♯5 (♭II+), C7♯5 (♭III+), D7 (IV), E7♭5 (V), F♯m7♭5 (vi°), G♯ (𝄫3 ♭5 ♭7) (VII).
When is the A Neapolitan major scale used?
A minor 3rd under a major upper half, with a ♭2: rare, used for colour in classical music and modern jazz.