E♭ Neapolitan majorScale

Formula

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

E♭ Neapolitan major on the chromatic circle

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

H W W W W W H 1 E♭I Neapolitan major ♭2 F♭II ♭3 G♭III 4 A♭IV 5 B♭V 6 CVI 7 DVII E♭ Neapolitan major
The whole neck

E♭ 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.

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

Chords in E♭ 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.

DegreeChordNotes
iE♭m(maj7)E♭ G♭ B♭ D
♭II+F♭maj7♯5F♭ A♭ C E♭
♭III+G♭7♯5G♭ B♭ D F♭
IVA♭7A♭ C E♭ G♭
VB♭7♭5B♭ D F♭ A♭
vi°Cm7♭5C E♭ G♭ B♭
VII D (𝄫3 ♭5 ♭7) D F♭ A♭ C
Context

Where E♭ 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

E♭ Neapolitan major scale questions

What notes are in the E♭ Neapolitan major scale?

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

What is the E♭ 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 E♭ Neapolitan major scale on guitar?

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

What chords are in the E♭ Neapolitan major scale?

E♭m(maj7) (i), F♭maj7♯5 (♭II+), G♭7♯5 (♭III+), A♭7 (IV), B♭7♭5 (V), Cm7♭5 (vi°), D (𝄫3 ♭5 ♭7) (VII).

When is the E♭ 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.