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E♭ neapolitan major pentatonic Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: G, Ab, Bbb, Db, Eb at frets 3, 4, 5, 9, 11

A string: Bbb, Db, Eb, G, Ab, Bbb at frets 0, 4, 6, 10, 11, 12

D string: Eb, G, Ab, Bbb, Db at frets 1, 5, 6, 7, 11

G string: G, Ab, Bbb, Db, Eb, G at frets 0, 1, 2, 6, 8, 12

B string: Db, Eb, G, Ab, Bbb at frets 2, 4, 8, 9, 10

High E string: G, Ab, Bbb, Db, Eb at frets 3, 4, 5, 9, 11

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Eb 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:

E♭

I

G

III

A♭

IV

B𝄫

bV

D♭

bVII

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

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

How to play E♭ neapolitan major pentatonic on guitar

Open G gives the major third here and open A doubles as Bbb, so two ringing strings are already in the set before you fret anything. Nearest root to the nut is fret 1 of the D string, which means low work has a home without a stretch. Capo fret 1 and it reads as D neapolitan major pentatonic. Four flats to spell. Shapes off the fret 11 root run to fret 15, so the shift lands high on the neck.

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