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F♯ neapolitan major pentatonic Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: E, F#, A#, B, C, E at frets 0, 2, 6, 7, 8, 12

A string: A#, B, C, E, F# at frets 1, 2, 3, 7, 9

D string: E, F#, A#, B, C at frets 2, 4, 8, 9, 10

G string: A#, B, C, E, F# at frets 3, 4, 5, 9, 11

B string: B, C, E, F#, A#, B at frets 0, 1, 5, 7, 11, 12

High E string: E, F#, A#, B, C, E at frets 0, 2, 6, 7, 8, 12

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F# 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:

F♯

I

A♯

III

B

IV

C

bV

E

bVII

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

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

How to play F♯ neapolitan major pentatonic on guitar

Three open strings fall inside F# neapolitan major pentatonic: the B plus both E strings, so outer and middle ringing tones are there without fretting. Capo fret 2 and the layout matches E neapolitan major pentatonic, which lets you reuse open shapes from that key. Roots sit at the 2nd fret on the low E and the 7th on the B. Two sharps. Boxes based at that 2nd-fret root stop at fret 6, so shifting happens early.

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