About the A sharp Bebop 7#11 scale
A sharp Bebop 7#11 is used for bebop solos over dominant chords with a raised eleventh. Think of it as a Lydian dominant filled out into a bebop scale. It is A♯ Bebop Dominant with the fourth raised.
Its notes are A♯, B♯, D, E, E♯, G, G♯, and A. The formula is W W W H W H H H.
Also called Bebop Lydian Dominant.
A♯ Bebop 7#11 uses two black keys on the piano, A♯ and G♯. Notably, the raised fourth falls on the white key E. This scale includes a stretch of five consecutive white keys.
Notes and intervals
| 1 | A#A♯ | Root |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | B#B♯ | Major 2nd |
| 3 | DD | Major 3rd |
| 4 | EE | Augmented 4th |
| 5 | E#E♯ | Perfect 5th |
| 6 | GG | Major 6th |
| 7 | G#G♯ | Minor 7th |
| 8 | AA | Major 7th |
| Steps | W W W H W H H H |
|---|---|
| Semitones | 2-2-2-1-2-1-1-1 |
| Degrees | 1 2 3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7 7 |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths