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A♯ Bebop 7#11 scale

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

1A#A♯Root
2B#B♯Major 2nd
3DDMajor 3rd
4EEAugmented 4th
5E#E♯Perfect 5th
6GGMajor 6th
7G#G♯Minor 7th
8AAMajor 7th
StepsW W W H W H H H
Semitones2-2-2-1-2-1-1-1
Degrees1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7

Shapes

Chromatic

CC♯D♭DD♯E♭EFF♯G♭GG♯A♭AA♯B♭B

Circle of Fifths

CGDAEBF♯G♭C♯D♭G♯A♭D♯E♭A♯B♭F

Related scales

Bebop 7#11 in other keys

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