F Neapolitan minorScale

Formula

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

F Neapolitan minor on the chromatic circle

F 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 FI Neapolitan minor ♭2 G♭II ♭3 A♭III 4 B♭IV 5 CV ♭6 D♭VI 7 EVII F Neapolitan minor
The whole neck

F 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 7 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 7 1 ♭2 4 5 ♭6 7 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 5 7 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 7 1 ♭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
Harmony

Chords in F 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
iFm(maj7)F A♭ C E
♭IIG♭maj7G♭ B♭ D♭ F
♭III+A♭7♯5A♭ C E G♭
ivB♭m7B♭ D♭ F A♭
VC7♭5C E G♭ B♭
♭VID♭maj7D♭ F A♭ C
VII E (𝄫3 ♭5 𝄫7) E G♭ B♭ D♭
Context

Where F 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

F Neapolitan minor scale questions

What notes are in the F Neapolitan minor scale?

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

What is the F 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 F Neapolitan minor scale on guitar?

This page draws every note of F 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 F Neapolitan minor scale?

Fm(maj7) (i), G♭maj7 (♭II), A♭7♯5 (♭III+), B♭m7 (iv), C7♭5 (V), D♭maj7 (♭VI), E (𝄫3 ♭5 𝄫7) (VII).

When is the F Neapolitan minor scale used?

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