SCALE REFERENCE

B♭ Neapolitan Minor

B♭ – C♭ – D♭ – E♭ – F – G♭ – A1 b2 b3 4 5 b6 7

Harmonic minor with a flat 2nd — a dark minor scale with a strong leading tone.

Notes & degrees
B♭1C♭b2D♭b3E♭4F5G♭b6A7
NotesBb, Cb, Db, Eb, F, Gb, A
Steps1 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 1 – 3 – 1 (semitones)
Piano
C♭FAB♭D♭E♭G♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eFG♭AB♭C♭D♭E♭BC♭D♭E♭FG♭AB♭C♭GAB♭C♭D♭E♭FG♭DE♭FG♭AB♭C♭D♭AAB♭C♭D♭E♭FG♭AEFG♭AB♭C♭D♭E♭

Root notes are red. The full map of the scale on the guitar neck; the common box patterns are groups of these notes.

357912AAB♭C♭D♭E♭FG♭AEFG♭AB♭C♭D♭E♭CD♭E♭FG♭AB♭C♭GAB♭C♭D♭E♭FG♭

The same scale on a ukulele in standard G–C–E–A tuning.

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
iB♭mB♭m(maj7)
♭IIC♭C♭maj7
♭III+D♭augD♭7♯5
ivE♭mE♭m7
VFF?
♭VIG♭G♭maj7
VIIAA?

These are the chords built by stacking scale notes in thirds. Click through for each chord's own diagrams:

iB♭m♭IIC♭♭III+D♭augivE♭mVF♭VIG♭VIIA
Other scales on B♭

Core scales & modes

B♭ MajorB♭ Natural MinorB♭ Harmonic MinorB♭ Melodic MinorB♭ DorianB♭ PhrygianB♭ LydianB♭ MixolydianB♭ Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

B♭ Major PentatonicB♭ Minor PentatonicB♭ BluesB♭ Major Blues

Jazz & altered

B♭ Harmonic MajorB♭ Phrygian DominantB♭ Lydian DominantB♭ AlteredB♭ Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

B♭ Whole ToneB♭ Diminished (Whole–Half)B♭ Diminished (Half–Whole)B♭ Augmented Scale

World & exotic

B♭ Hungarian MinorB♭ Double Harmonic Major
Neapolitan Minor on another root
CC♯DE♭EFF♯GA♭AB♭B
Keep exploring

See the diatonic chords with audio in the Scale & Chord Finder, find where a key sits among the others on the Circle of Fifths, or start the free Cloud Atelier music guides.