Guitar UpscaleBebop Dominant scale on guitar
The bebop dominant scale adds the major seventh to Mixolydian, the best known bebop scale.
| Notes in A | A B C# D E F# G G# |
|---|---|
| Formula | 1 2 3 4 5 6 b7 7 |
| Steps | W W H W W H H H (W whole step, H half step) |
| Note count | 8 |
| Style in the app | Bebop Jazz, scale "Bebop Dominant" |
Play A Bebop Dominant on the fretboard in Guitar Upscale
About the Bebop Dominant scale
The notes are Mixolydian plus a major 7th: root, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, flat 7th and 7th.
Played down from the root in eighth notes, the chord tones of the dominant 7th chord land on the beats.
Use it over the V7 chord in a ii to V to I, such as G7 in the key of C.
Intervals from the root
| Degree | Interval | Semitones | In A |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Root | 0 | A |
| 2 | Major 2nd | 2 | B |
| 3 | Major 3rd | 4 | C# |
| 4 | Perfect 4th | 5 | D |
| 5 | Perfect 5th | 7 | E |
| 6 | Major 6th | 9 | F# |
| b7 | Minor 7th | 10 | G |
| 7 | Major 7th | 11 | G# |
Same notes, another starting note
Start the A Bebop Dominant scale on another of its notes and you get these scales:
- From degree 3 (C#): C# Locrian with a Natural Fifth
- From degree 4 (D): D Ichikosucho
- From degree 5 (E): E Bebop Minor (Bebop Dorian)
Bebop Dominant in every key
| Key | Notes | Play it |
|---|---|---|
| C | C D E F G A Bb B | Open |
| Db | Db Eb F Gb Ab Bb Cb C | Open |
| D | D E F# G A B C C# | Open |
| Eb | Eb F G Ab Bb C Db D | Open |
| E | E F# G# A B C# D D# | Open |
| F | F G A Bb C D Eb E | Open |
| F# | F# G# A# B C# D# E E# | Open |
| G | G A B C D E F F# | Open |
| Ab | Ab Bb C Db Eb F Gb G | Open |
| A | A B C# D E F# G G# | Open |
| Bb | Bb C D Eb F G Ab A | Open |
| B | B C# D# E F# G# A A# | Open |