MAJOR SCALE
MELODIC MINOR
HARMONIC MINOR
HARMONIC MAJOR
HUNGARIAN MINOR
HUNGARIAN MAJOR
NEAPOLITAN MINOR
NEAPOLITAN "MAJOR"
ENIGMATIC MINOR
ENIGMATIC
PERSIAN
PURVI
I N D E X
E X O T I C A
G L O S S A R Y
E M A I L
MILLENNIUM SCALE CONCORDANCE
The Neapolitan scales and their harmonies were utilized by 18th-century composers of Italian opera and were especially favored by Beethoven. Essentially Harmonic minor with a flat second, here are the Neapolitan minor modes in the key of C. Click on a mode or chord for more detail.
I : NEAPOLITAN MINOR :
II : LYDIAN #6 :
III : MIXOLYDIAN #5 :
IV : AEOLIAN #4 :
V : LOCRIAN nat 3 :
VI : IONIAN #2 :
VII : DIMINISHED bb3 :
C Db Eb F G Ab B
Db Eb F G Ab B C
Eb F G Ab B C Db
F G Ab B C Db Eb
G Ab B C Db Eb F
Ab B C Db Eb F G
B C Db Eb F G Ab
Cm/maj7
Dbmaj7
Eb7#5
Fm7
G7b5
Abmaj7
Db7 / B