D♭ Neapolitan minorScale

Formula

H W W W H 1½ H 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 7
The family

D♭ Neapolitan minor on the chromatic circle

D♭ Neapolitan minor is one of the exotic scales. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.

H W W W H 1½ H 1 D♭I Neapolitan minor ♭2 E𝄫II ♭3 F♭III 4 G♭IV 5 A♭V ♭6 B𝄫VI 7 CVII D♭ Neapolitan minor
The whole neck

D♭ Neapolitan minor 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.

3 5 7 9 12 15 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 7 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 ♭6 7 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 7 ♭2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 7 1 ♭2 ♭3 5 ♭6 7 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 7 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 7 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 7 1 ♭2 ♭3 4
Harmony

Chords in D♭ Neapolitan minor

Stack every other note of the scale from each degree and you get its chords. Open any of them in the chord library.

DegreeChordNotes
iD♭m(maj7)D♭ F♭ A♭ C
♭IIE𝄫maj7E𝄫 G♭ B𝄫 D♭
♭III+F♭7♯5F♭ A♭ C E𝄫
ivG♭m7G♭ B𝄫 D♭ F♭
VA♭7♭5A♭ C E𝄫 G♭
♭VIB𝄫maj7B𝄫 D♭ F♭ A♭
VII C (𝄫3 ♭5 𝄫7) C E𝄫 G♭ B𝄫
Context

Where D♭ Neapolitan minor fits

Harmonic minor with a ♭2: classical and neoclassical music, a dark exotic minor.

Move one note by a half step and you get a different scale:

Neapolitan minor scale in every key

D♭ Neapolitan minor scale questions

What notes are in the D♭ Neapolitan minor scale?

D♭ E𝄫 F♭ G♭ A♭ B𝄫 C. As degrees from the root: 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 7.

What is the D♭ Neapolitan minor scale formula?

1 ♭2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 7, or in steps between the notes, H W W W H 1½ H (W is a whole step of two frets, H a half step of one fret, 1½ three frets).

How do you play the D♭ Neapolitan minor scale on guitar?

This page draws every note of D♭ Neapolitan minor 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 C shape to the A shape to the G shape to the E shape to the D shape.

What chords are in the D♭ Neapolitan minor scale?

D♭m(maj7) (i), E𝄫maj7 (♭II), F♭7♯5 (♭III+), G♭m7 (iv), A♭7♭5 (V), B𝄫maj7 (♭VI), C (𝄫3 ♭5 𝄫7) (VII).

When is the D♭ Neapolitan minor scale used?

Harmonic minor with a ♭2: classical and neoclassical music, a dark exotic minor.