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D♭ neapolitan major pentatonic Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: F, Gb, Abb, Cb, Db at frets 1, 2, 3, 7, 9

A string: Cb, Db, F, Gb, Abb at frets 2, 4, 8, 9, 10

D string: F, Gb, Abb, Cb, Db at frets 3, 4, 5, 9, 11

G string: Abb, Cb, Db, F, Gb, Abb at frets 0, 4, 6, 10, 11, 12

B string: Cb, Db, F, Gb, Abb, Cb at frets 0, 2, 6, 7, 8, 12

High E string: F, Gb, Abb, Cb, Db at frets 1, 2, 3, 7, 9

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Db neapolitan major pentatonic

The neapolitan major pentatonic is a five note extraction with root, major 3rd, 4th, flat 5th and flat 7th. The clash between the bright 3rd and the flat 5th gives it a wayward, unresolved character closer to a jazz altered sound than to a folk pentatonic. Use it as an angular color over dominant chords rather than as a home scale.

it consists of these notes and degrees:

D♭

I

F

III

G♭

IV

A𝄫

bV

C♭

bVII

neapolitan major pentatonic in all 12 keys, with chords and related scales

tip
  • An off-kilter pentatonic: major 3rd (F) beside a flat 5th (G); rock those two against each other as the hook.
  • Over a 7b5 chord on Db, all five notes land; it is that chord's color in scale form.
  • Use the 4th (Gb) as the connective tone between the bright III and the dark b5 (G); it softens the leap.
  • Treat it as an effect scale: one phrase inside an otherwise plain solo reads as deliberate strangeness.

How to play D♭ neapolitan major pentatonic on guitar

Open G and open B both land in Db neapolitan major pentatonic, carrying Abb and Cb, so two middle strings can ring while you fret elsewhere. Capo fret 1 and every C fingering for this shape transfers, which lets you keep the flat-heavy spelling out of your hands. Roots go 2nd fret on the B, 4th on the A, 6th on the G. Four flats. Lowest is fret 9 on the low E, so shapes down there give out at fret 13.

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