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Neapolitan sixth
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Neapolitan sixth

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The Neapolitan sixth in an A minor cadence.

A chord consisting of a minor third and a minor sixth on the subdominant of the key, which came into vogue in the 17th century. It occurs most often in a cadential progression in a minor key.



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