SCALE REFERENCE

B Neapolitan Minor

B – C – D – E – F♯ – G – A♯1 b2 b3 4 5 b6 7

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

Notes & degrees
B1Cb2Db3E4F♯5Gb6A♯7
NotesB, C, D, E, F#, G, A#
Steps1 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 1 – 3 – 1 (semitones)
Piano
BCDEGF♯A♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEF♯GA♯BCDEBBCDEF♯GA♯BGGA♯BCDEF♯GDDEF♯GA♯BCDAA♯BCDEF♯GEEF♯GA♯BCDE

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

357912AA♯BCDEF♯GEEF♯GA♯BCDECCDEF♯GA♯BCGGA♯BCDEF♯G

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
iBmBm(maj7)
♭IICCmaj7
♭III+DaugD7♯5
ivEmEm7
VF♯F♯?
♭VIGGmaj7
VIIA♯A♯?

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

iBm♭IIC♭III+DaugivEmVF♯♭VIGVIIA♯
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.