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A♯ Bebop Harmonic Minor scale

About the A sharp Bebop Harmonic Minor scale

A sharp Bebop Harmonic Minor is used for bebop solos over minor chords. Think of it as a harmonic minor with a chromatic passing tone on top. It is A Bebop Minor with the sixth lowered.

Its notes are A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and A. The formula is W H W W H W H H. It is the seventh mode of C Bebop Major.

Also called Bebop Natural Minor and Utility Minor.

On the piano, this mode touches the black keys A, C, D, F, and G.

Notes and intervals

1A#A♯Root
2B#B♯Major 2nd
3C#C♯Minor 3rd
4D#D♯Perfect 4th
5E#E♯Perfect 5th
6F#F♯Minor 6th
7G#G♯Minor 7th
8AAMajor 7th
StepsW H W W H W H H
Semitones2-1-2-2-1-2-1-1
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 Harmonic Minor in other keys

Modes

The same notes, starting on a different note.

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Bb Bebop Harmonic Minor scale on piano shown as colored note dots
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