Neapolitan sixth
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Neapolitan sixth
A chord, the first inversion of the major triad built on the flattened second degree of the scale; in C major or minor, F-A♭-D♭. It may precede a V-I Cadence and function like a subdominant. It is associated with the so-called ‘Neapolitan’ school of 18th-century Italian opera composers.
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