Scales
Eb Neapolitan Major Scale
Eb · Fb · Gb · Ab · Bb · C · D
Eb Neapolitan Major is a scale built on Eb with the notes Eb · Fb · Gb · Ab · Bb · C · D.
Eb Neapolitan Major Scale
Eb · Fb · Gb · Ab · Bb · C · D
Fingering on the piano
| Hand | Fingering | Notes | Play it on your instrument |
|---|---|---|---|
| Right hand | 3 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 | Eb · Fb · Gb · Ab · Bb · C · D · Eb | |
| Left hand | 2 1 4 3 2 1 3 2 | Eb · Fb · Gb · Ab · Bb · C · D · Eb |
One octave ascending; 1 is the thumb. A standard fingering, not the only one.
Tap a key or a fret to hear it.
Scale degrees
Eb Neapolitan Major is made of the notes Eb · Fb · Gb · Ab · Bb · C · D. Each is a degree counted from the tonic, and the gaps between them are the step pattern H W W W W W H.
Read on: scale degrees · building any scale
Chords in this key
Stacking thirds on each degree of Eb Neapolitan Major gives the chords of the key; the roman numeral names the degree each is built on.
Triads
Related scales
The scales Eb Neapolitan Major shares its notes with: the one it is a rotation of, the relative and parallel keys, the scales inside it and the ones that contain it.
Scales inside it
Eb Minor Sixth PentatonicEb · Gb · Ab · Bb · C
Every note of this scale is in Eb Neapolitan Major.
Scales that contain it
Eb Messiaen's Mode #7Eb · Fb · F · Gb · Ab · A · Bb · Cb · C · D
Contains every note of Eb Neapolitan Major.
Common questions
- How do I play Eb Neapolitan Major?
- On guitar start with the 1st position, played from the lowest string upward; the instrument panel on this page shows its frets and the positions further up the neck. On the piano the right hand ascends 3 1 2 3 4 1 2 3, with 1 as the thumb. Every position plays when you press it.
- What chords are in the key of Eb Neapolitan Major?
- Stacking thirds on each degree of Eb Neapolitan Major gives Ebm (i), Fbaug (II+), Gbaug (III+), Ab (IV), Bbmajb5 (V), Cdim (vi°), Fb7no5/D (VII). These are the diatonic chords of the key, the ones a song in this key uses most; the harmony band on this page lists them with the seventh chords built the same way.
- What notes are in Eb Neapolitan Major?
- Eb Neapolitan Major contains the notes Eb · Fb · Gb · Ab · Bb · C · D, measured from the tonic Eb as the intervals 1P, 2m, 3m, 4P, 5P, 6M, 7M. Play them in order for the scale: every note on this page sounds when you tap it, and the step pattern under the degrees shows the distance from each note to the next.
- What is the formula of Eb Neapolitan Major?
- From Eb the steps run H W W W W W H, where a whole step is two frets or two keys and a half step one. Apply the same pattern from any other note and you get the same scale on that root, which is why every root of this scale has a page here.