G Neapolitan minorScale

Formula

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

G Neapolitan minor on the chromatic circle

G 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 GI Neapolitan minor ♭2 A♭II ♭3 B♭III 4 CIV 5 DV ♭6 E♭VI 7 F♯VII G Neapolitan minor
The whole neck

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

Chords in G 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
iGm(maj7)G B♭ D F♯
♭IIA♭maj7A♭ C E♭ G
♭III+B♭7♯5B♭ D F♯ A♭
ivCm7C E♭ G B♭
VD7♭5D F♯ A♭ C
♭VIE♭maj7E♭ G B♭ D
VII F♯ (𝄫3 ♭5 𝄫7) F♯ A♭ C E♭
Context

Where G 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

G Neapolitan minor scale questions

What notes are in the G Neapolitan minor scale?

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

What is the G 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 G Neapolitan minor scale on guitar?

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

What chords are in the G Neapolitan minor scale?

Gm(maj7) (i), A♭maj7 (♭II), B♭7♯5 (♭III+), Cm7 (iv), D7♭5 (V), E♭maj7 (♭VI), F♯ (𝄫3 ♭5 𝄫7) (VII).

When is the G Neapolitan minor scale used?

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