A Neapolitan chord is a major chord
built on the flattened second scale degree of a major or minor scale.
For example, the Neapolitan chord in the key of C-Major or C-minor
would be a D-flat-Major chord.
Neapolitan chords are often
used in first inversion, and are often called Neapolitan-sixth chords
because of the interval of a sixth occurring in the inversion.
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| Neapolitan-sixth chord in C-Major |
Neapolitan chords often
resolve to a dominant chord. The following examples show Neapolitan
chords used in chord progressions.
