Exotic Scales - Neapolitan Major

			
			THEORY LESSON. 
		
			Welcome to the world of exotic scales. This is the first lesson of a series where we will explore different unusual scales. 		

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		Hi GMC! Welcome to the world of exotic scales. This is the first lesson of a series where we will explore different unusual scales. This first one is the Neapolitan Major. This scale is like a Db whole-tone scale but with an extra note (C ). 



Here I show you a chord progression in this scale and I also play all the modes to give you the basic elements to start working. 



Like Don Mock says, the names of the modes of the uncommon scales are not a standard, so every book has it's own name for the modes, I'll give you some that I've found. 



Neapolitan Major: I –  II –  III – IV – V – VI – VII 

                              C    Db   Eb    F     G     A      B



Modes:



2nd : Leading Whole-tone/Lydian #5 #6: Db- Eb- F- G- A- B- C- Db



3rd : Lydian Dominant Augmented/ Mixolydian #5 #11: Eb- F- G- A- B- C- Db- Eb



4th : Lydian b6 b7/ Mixolydian #11 b13: F- G- A- B- C- Db- Eb- F



5th : Major Locrian/ Arabian: G- A- B- C- Db- Eb- F- G



6th : Half diminished b4/ Locrian natural 2 b4: A- B- C- Db- Eb- F- G- A



7th : Superlocrian bb3: B- C- Db- Eb- F- G- A- B



The progression: Cm +7- A7 (#5;#9)- F7 (#11)-  Cm +7- B7 (#5;b9)-  Cm +7- G7 (#5)- Eb7 (#5)-  Cm +7- Dbmaj7 (#5)-  Cm +7