F♯ Neapolitan majorScale

Formula

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

F♯ Neapolitan major on the chromatic circle

F♯ 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 F♯I Neapolitan major ♭2 GII ♭3 AIII 4 BIV 5 C♯V 6 D♯VI 7 E♯VII F♯ Neapolitan major
The whole neck

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

Chords in F♯ 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
iF♯m(maj7)F♯ A C♯ E♯
♭II+Gmaj7♯5G B D♯ F♯
♭III+A7♯5A C♯ E♯ G
IVB7B D♯ F♯ A
VC♯7♭5C♯ E♯ G B
vi°D♯m7♭5D♯ F♯ A C♯
VII E♯ (𝄫3 ♭5 ♭7) E♯ G B D♯
Context

Where F♯ 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

F♯ Neapolitan major scale questions

What notes are in the F♯ Neapolitan major 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 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 F♯ Neapolitan major scale on guitar?

This page draws every note of F♯ 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 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 major scale?

F♯m(maj7) (i), Gmaj7♯5 (♭II+), A7♯5 (♭III+), B7 (IV), C♯7♭5 (V), D♯m7♭5 (vi°), E♯ (𝄫3 ♭5 ♭7) (VII).

When is the F♯ 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.