"Neapolitan chord" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Neapolitan chords [plural]
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  1. (music) A major chord with the lowered supertonic scale degree as the root, denoted by ♭II in Roman numeral notation. Wikipedia link: Neapolitan chord Categories (topical): Music Translations (Translations): napolilainen sekstisointu (Finnish), accord de sixte napolitaine [masculine] (French), sixte napolitaine [feminine] (French), akord neapolitański [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-Neapolitan_chord-en-noun-jRveZcIT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

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