Neapolitan scales

C♯ Neapolitan Minor

Phrygian with a raised leading tone - dark AND dramatic at once.

Notes

How to get there

One note changes per step - each stop along the way is a real scale.

  1. Natural Minor
  2. 2 → ♭2Phrygian
  3. ♭7 → 7Neapolitan Minor

On your instrument

Tap any note to hear it. root scale note

Guitar - Standard (EADGBE)

357912EBGDAEF♯G♯AB♯C♯DEB♯C♯DEF♯G♯AG♯AB♯C♯DEF♯EF♯G♯AB♯C♯DB♯C♯DEF♯G♯AF♯G♯AB♯C♯DE

Chords in this scale

Tap a chord to light it up on the instruments and see shapes for it.