Guitar UpscaleBebop Minor (Bebop Dorian) scale on guitar
The bebop minor scale adds the major third to Dorian, a passing note between the flat third and the fourth.
| Notes in A | A B C C# D E F# G |
|---|---|
| Formula | 1 2 b3 3 4 5 6 b7 |
| Steps | W H H H W W H W (W whole step, H half step) |
| Note count | 8 |
| Style in the app | Bebop Jazz, scale "Bebop Minor" |
Play the A Bebop Minor scale on the fretboard in Guitar Upscale
About the Bebop Minor (Bebop Dorian) scale
The notes are root, 2nd, flat 3rd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and flat 7th.
The added 3rd is only a passing note. On a minor chord it should fall between beats.
Use it over minor 7th chords in a ii to V to I.
Intervals from the root
| Degree | Interval | Semitones | In A |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Root | 0 | A |
| 2 | Major 2nd | 2 | B |
| b3 | Minor 3rd | 3 | C |
| 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 |
Same notes, another starting note
Start the A Bebop Minor scale on another of its notes and you get these scales:
- From degree 2 (B): B Aeolian + Phrygian scale
- From degree b3 (C): C Lydian + b2 scale
- From degree 4 (D): D Bebop Dominant scale
- From degree 5 (E): E Aeolian + Dorian scale
- From degree 6 (F#): F# Locrian with a Natural Fifth scale
- From degree b7 (G): G Ichikosucho scale
Bebop Minor scale in every key
| Key | Notes | Play it |
|---|---|---|
| C | C D Eb E F G A Bb | Open |
| C# | C# D# E E# F# G# A# B | Open |
| D | D E F F# G A B C | Open |
| Eb | Eb F Gb G Ab Bb C Db | Open |
| E | E F# G G# A B C# D | Open |
| F | F G Ab A Bb C D Eb | Open |
| F# | F# G# A A# B C# D# E | Open |
| G | G A Bb B C D E F | Open |
| G# | G# A# B B# C# D# E# F# | Open |
| A | A B C C# D E F# G | Open |
| Bb | Bb C Db D Eb F G Ab | Open |
| B | B C# D D# E F# G# A | Open |