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Neapolitan sixth

First inversion of a major chord on the flattened supertonic in major or minor keys (bIIb). To keep the fifth above the flattened supertonic a perfect one, the submediant needs to be flattened too (in a major key). Its resolution is normally on the dominant via an optional Ic. It can be used to modulate to the flattened submediant or a semitone down (see modulation).

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