E♭ Neapolitan minorScale
Formula
E♭ Neapolitan minor on the chromatic circle
E♭ Neapolitan minor is one of the exotic scales. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.
E♭ 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.
Chords in E♭ 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.
Where E♭ 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
E♭ Neapolitan minor scale questions
What notes are in the E♭ Neapolitan minor 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 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 E♭ Neapolitan minor scale on guitar?
This page draws every note of E♭ 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 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 minor scale?
E♭m(maj7) (i), F♭maj7 (♭II), G♭7♯5 (♭III+), A♭m7 (iv), B♭7♭5 (V), C♭maj7 (♭VI), D (𝄫3 ♭5 𝄫7) (VII).
When is the E♭ Neapolitan minor scale used?
Harmonic minor with a ♭2: classical and neoclassical music, a dark exotic minor.