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Neapolitan chord

Neapolitan chord noun: a major chord with the lowered supertonic scale degree as the root, denoted by ♭II in Roman numeral notation.

Noun

Neapolitan chord (plural Neapolitan chords)

  1. A major chord with the lowered supertonic scale degree as the root, denoted by ♭II in Roman numeral notation.

Forms of Neapolitan chord

pluralNeapolitan chords

Questions about Neapolitan chord

What does Neapolitan chord mean?
Neapolitan chord means a major chord with the lowered supertonic scale degree as the root, denoted by ♭II in Roman numeral notation.
What part of speech is Neapolitan chord?
Neapolitan chord is a noun.
What is the plural of Neapolitan chord?
The plural of Neapolitan chord is Neapolitan chords.

Words near Neapolitan chord in the dictionary

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