D# Neapolitan Major Guitar Scale
Guitar scale in Drop D tuning — fretboard diagram
TuningDrop D (DADGBE)
Frets22
D# Neapolitan Major in Drop D — Notes and Intervals
The D# Neapolitan Major scale is a sophisticated and bright variation of the Neapolitan minor. On Guitar, the notes are D#, E, F#, G#, A#, C, D. It provides a chromatic, Spanish feel that is often used in classical music to approach the home key with an elegant, unexpected twist. Commonly used in Classical, Opera, Film Scores. Notable players include Chopin, Verdi, Puccini. Use over bII-V-I cadences. The source of the Neapolitan sixth chord, one of classical music's most elegant chromatic devices.
Notes: D#, E, F#, G#, A#, C, D
Intervals: 1P, 2m, 3m, 4P, 5P, 6M, 7M
Degrees: 1 b2 b3 4 5 6 7
Formula: H-W-W-W-W-W-H
Number of notes: 7
Tuning: Drop D (E-B-G-D-A-D)
Explore This Scale in Other Tunings
- D# Neapolitan Major in Standard Tuning
- D# Neapolitan Major in DADGAD
- D# Neapolitan Major in Open G
- D# Neapolitan Major in Baritone (B Standard)
- D# Neapolitan Major in 7-string
- D# Neapolitan Major in 8-string
- D# Neapolitan Major in Drop C
- D# Neapolitan Major in Drop B
- D# Neapolitan Major in Open D
- D# Neapolitan Major in Half Step Down
- D# Neapolitan Major in Open E
- D# Neapolitan Major in Open A
- D# Neapolitan Major in Double Drop D
- D# Neapolitan Major in Open C