NEAPOLITAN SCALE AND ITS MODES

See also the COMPARATIVE TABLE below

GRADE | NAME | NOTES | NOTES TRANSPOSED IN C
--- | --- | --- | ---
I | NEAPOLITAN |  |
II | LEADING WHOLE-TONE |  |
III | LYDIAN AUGMENTED DOMINANT |  |
IV | LYDIAN DOMINANT b6 |  |
V | MAJOR LOCRIAN |  |
VI | SEMILOCRIAN b4 |  |
VII | SUPERLOCRIAN bb3 |  |

NEAPOLITAN |

Alternative names: Neapolitan Major, Melodic Minor flat 2

It starts from the first grade of neapolitan scale

Structure: 1222221

As we can see from the structure, this is a palindromic mode

chords over first notes:
Triad: | Seventh chord: | Complete chord:
minor | minor with major seventh |

Chord simbols: Cm, Cm(maj7), Cm^(b9)

LEADING WHOLE-TONE |

Alternative names: Lydian Augmented sharp 6, Lydian sharp 5 sharp 6

It starts from the second grade of neapolitan scale

Structure: 2222211

chords over first notes:
Triad: | Seventh chord: | Complete chord:
augmented | major seventh with augmented fifth |

Chord simbols: C^+, Cmaj7(#5), Cmaj7(#5 #11)

Enharmonic chord simbols: C7(#5)

LYDIAN AUGMENTED DOMINANT |

Alternative names: Lydian sharp 5 flat7; Mixolydian sharp 5 sharp 11

It starts from the third grade of neapolitan scale

Structure: 2222112

chords over first notes:
Triad: | Seventh chord: | Complete chord:
augmented | dominant with augmented fifth |

Chord simbols: C7(#5), C+7, C7(#5 #11)

Enharmonic chord simbols: C7(b5)

LYDIAN DOMINANT b6 |

Alternative names: Lydian flat 6 flat 7, Mixolydian sharp 11 flat 13, Lydian Minor

It starts from the fourth grade of neapolitan scale

Structure: 2221122

chords over first notes:
Triad: | Seventh chord: | Complete chord:
major | dominant |

Chord simbols: C7, C7(#11 b13)

Enharmonic chord simbols: C7(b5), C7(#5)

MAJOR LOCRIAN |

Alternative names: Mixolydian flat 5 flat 6, Locrian sharp 2 sharp 3, Arabian

It starts from the fifth grade of neapolitan scale

Structure: 2211222

chords over first notes: |
Seventh chord: | Complete chord:
dominant with diminished fifth |

Chord simbols: C7(b5), C9(b5), C7(b5 b13), C9(b5 b13)

Enharmonic chord simbols: C7(#5)

SEMILOCRIAN b4 |

Alternative names: Locrian natural 2 flat 4, Semilocrian flat 4

It starts from the sixth grade of neapolitan scale

Structure: 2112222

chords over first notes: |
Triad: | Seventh chord:
diminished | half diminished

Enharmonic interpretation:

chords over first notes: |  |
Triad: | Seventh chord: | Complete chord:
augmented | dominant with augmented fifth |

Enharmonic chord simbols: C7(#5 #11), C7(#5 9 #9 #11), C7(b5)

SUPERLOCRIAN bb3 |

It starts from the seventh grade of neapolitan scale

Structure: 1122222

Enharmonic interpretation:

chords over first notes:
Triad: | Seventh chord: | Complete chord:
augmented | dominant with augmented fifth |

Enharmonic chord simbols: C7(#5 #11), C7(b5), C7(#5 b9 9 #11)

COMPARATIVE TABLE

between Neapolitan scale and Whole-Tone scale

WHOLE-TONE (Db) |  | Db |  | Eb |  | F |  | G |  | A |  | B |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
NEAPOLITAN | C | Db |  | Eb |  | F |  | G |  | A |  | B | C

between Whole-Tone scale and the rest of modes from Neapolitan scale

WHOLE-TONE (C) | C |  | D |  | E |  | F# |  | G# |  | A# |  | C
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
LEADING WHOLE-TONE | C |  | D |  | E |  | F# |  | G# |  | A# | B | C
LYDIAN AUGMENTED DOMINANT | C |  | D |  | E |  | F# |  | G# | A | Bb |  | C
LYDIAN DOMINANT b6 | C |  | D |  | E |  | F# | G | Ab |  | Bb |  | C
MAJOR LOCRIAN | C |  | D |  | E | F | Gb |  | Ab |  | Bb |  | C
SEMILOCRIAN b4 | C |  | D | D# | E |  | Gb |  | Ab |  | Bb |  | C
SUPERLOCRIAN bb3 | C | Db | D |  | E |  | Gb |  | Ab |  | Bb |  | C

See also Whole-Tone scale