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[[Image:Lydian mode C.png|thumb|right|Modern [[Lydian scale]] on C {{audio|Lydian mode C.mid|Play}}.]]
[[Image:Lydian mode C.png|thumb|right|Modern [[Lydian scale]] on C {{audio|Lydian mode C.mid|Play}}.]]
[[Image:Hungarian gypsy scale C.png|thumb|right|Hungarian "gypsy" scale on C<ref>Cooper, Paul (1973). ''Perspectives in Music Theory: An Historical-Analytical Approach'', p.18. ISBN 0-396-06752-2.</ref> {{audio|Hungarian gypsy scale C.mid|Play}}.]]
[[Image:Hungarian gypsy scale C.png|thumb|right|Hungarian "gypsy" scale on C<ref>Cooper, Paul (1973). ''Perspectives in Music Theory: An Historical-Analytical Approach'', p.18. ISBN 0-396-06752-2.</ref> {{audio|Hungarian gypsy scale C.mid|Play}}.]]
''Neapolitan minor'' may also be called or refer to the [[Hungarian Gypsy scale]].
''Neapolitan minor'' may also be called or refer to the [[Hungarian Gypsy scale]] and ''Neapolitan major'' may also be called or '''Lydian major scale'''<ref>Kadmon, Adam (1998). ''The Guitar Grimoire Progressions & Improvisation'', p.280. ISBN 0825831970.</ref>.


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 08:30, 25 March 2012

Neapolitan minor scale on C Play.
Neapolitan major scale on C Play.

In music, the major Neapolitan scale and the minor Neapolitan scale are two musical scales, one minor, one major.

The sequence of scale steps Neapolitan minor is as follows[1]:

1  b2 b3  4  5  b6 7  8
A  Bb  C  D  E  F  G# A
[ h   w  w  w  h  A  h
C  Db  Eb F  G  Ab B  C]

And for Neapolitan major[1]:

1  b2 b3  4  5  6  7  8
A  Bb  C  D  E  F# G# A
[ h   w  w  w  w  w  h
C  Db  Eb F  G  A  B  C]

Thus the scales are distinguished from the harmonic and ascending melodic minor scales by the flattened supertonic or second scale degree.

Both are accompanied well by power or minor chords[1].

Modern Lydian scale on C Audio file "Lydian mode C.mid" not found.
Hungarian "gypsy" scale on C[2] Play.

Neapolitan minor may also be called or refer to the Hungarian Gypsy scale and Neapolitan major may also be called or Lydian major scale[3].

See also

Sources

  1. ^ a b c Celentano, Dave (1991). Monster Scales and Modes, p.44. Published by CentreStream. ISBN 0931759595.
  2. ^ Cooper, Paul (1973). Perspectives in Music Theory: An Historical-Analytical Approach, p.18. ISBN 0-396-06752-2.
  3. ^ Kadmon, Adam (1998). The Guitar Grimoire Progressions & Improvisation, p.280. ISBN 0825831970.