Guitar UpscaleHarmonic Minor Bebop with a Raised Fourth scale on guitar
This nine note minor scale adds both the major seventh and the raised fourth to natural minor for chromatic jazz lines.
| Notes in A | A B C D Eb E F G G# |
|---|---|
| Formula | 1 2 b3 4 b5 5 b6 b7 7 |
| Steps | W H W H H H W H H (W whole step, H half step) |
| Note count | 9 |
| Style in the app | Minor, scale "Harmonic Bebop + #4" |
Play A Harmonic Minor Bebop with a Raised Fourth on the fretboard in Guitar Upscale
About the Harmonic Minor Bebop with a Raised Fourth scale
It starts from harmonic minor bebop and adds the raised 4th, so the scale holds nine notes. Between the 4th and the 6th it runs in half steps.
The raised 4th works as a blue note in a minor blues. The major 7th leads back to the root.
Treat the added notes as passing notes. Land phrases on the root, flat 3rd and 5th.
Intervals from the root
| Degree | Interval | Semitones | In A |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Root | 0 | A |
| 2 | Major 2nd | 2 | B |
| b3 | Minor 3rd | 3 | C |
| 4 | Perfect 4th | 5 | D |
| b5 | Tritone | 6 | Eb |
| 5 | Perfect 5th | 7 | E |
| b6 | Minor 6th | 8 | F |
| b7 | Minor 7th | 10 | G |
| 7 | Major 7th | 11 | G# |
Same notes, another starting note
Start the A Harmonic Minor Bebop with a Raised Fourth scale on another of its notes and you get these scales:
- From degree 5 (E): E Moorish Phrygian
Harmonic Minor Bebop with a Raised Fourth in every key
| Key | Notes | Play it |
|---|---|---|
| C | C D Eb F Gb G Ab Bb B | Open |
| C# | C# D# E F# G G# A B B# | Open |
| D | D E F G Ab A Bb C C# | Open |
| Eb | Eb F Gb Ab A Bb Cb Db D | Open |
| E | E F# G A Bb B C D D# | Open |
| F | F G Ab Bb Cb C Db Eb E | Open |
| F# | F# G# A B C C# D E E# | Open |
| G | G A Bb C Db D Eb F F# | Open |
| G# | G# A# B C# D D# E F# G | Open |
| A | A B C D Eb E F G G# | Open |
| Bb | Bb C Db Eb Fb F Gb Ab A | Open |
| B | B C# D E F F# G A A# | Open |