E Neapolitan minorScale

Formula

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

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.

H W W W H 1½ H 1 EI Neapolitan minor ♭2 FII ♭3 GIII 4 AIV 5 BV ♭6 CVI 7 D♯VII E Neapolitan minor
The whole neck

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.

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

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.

DegreeChordNotes
iEm(maj7)E G B D♯
♭IIFmaj7F A C E
♭III+G7♯5G B D♯ F
ivAm7A C E G
VB7♭5B D♯ F A
♭VICmaj7C E G B
VII D♯ (𝄫3 ♭5 𝄫7) D♯ F A C
Context

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 E shape to the D shape to the C shape to the A shape to the G shape.

What chords are in the E Neapolitan minor scale?

Em(maj7) (i), Fmaj7 (♭II), G7♯5 (♭III+), Am7 (iv), B7♭5 (V), Cmaj7 (♭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.