SCALE REFERENCE

E Neapolitan Minor

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

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

Notes & degrees
E1Fb2Gb3A4B5Cb6D♯7
NotesE, F, G, A, B, C, D#
Steps1 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 1 – 3 – 1 (semitones)
Piano
EFGABCD♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEFGABCD♯EBBCD♯EFGABGGABCD♯EFGDD♯EFGABCAABCD♯EFGAEEFGABCD♯E

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

357912AABCD♯EFGAEEFGABCD♯ECCD♯EFGABCGGABCD♯EFG

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
iEmEm(maj7)
♭IIFFmaj7
♭III+GaugG7♯5
ivAmAm7
VBB?
♭VICCmaj7
VIID♯D♯?

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

iEm♭IIF♭III+GaugivAmVB♭VICVIID♯
Other scales on E

Core scales & modes

E MajorE Natural MinorE Harmonic MinorE Melodic MinorE DorianE PhrygianE LydianE MixolydianE Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

E Major PentatonicE Minor PentatonicE BluesE Major Blues

Jazz & altered

E Harmonic MajorE Phrygian DominantE Lydian DominantE AlteredE Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

E Whole ToneE Diminished (Whole–Half)E Diminished (Half–Whole)E Augmented Scale

World & exotic

E Hungarian MinorE 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.