About the A sharp Bebop Melodic Minor scale
A sharp Bebop Melodic Minor is used for bebop solos over minor and minor-major chords. Think of it as a melodic minor with a chromatic passing tone added. It is A♯ Diminished with the fifth raised.
Its notes are A♯, B♯, C♯, D♯, E♯, F♯, G, and A. The formula is W H W W H H W H.
Also called Minor Six Diminished and Barry Harris Minor Sixth.
In A♯ Bebop Melodic Minor, the open strings sound A and G. The lowest A♯ on a standard-tuned guitar sits at the 1st fret of the A string. Placed at the first fret, a capo lets A♯ Bebop Melodic Minor be played with A-shape fingerings.
Positions
Playable shapes for this scale up the neck. Tap any note to hear it.
8-position system
8 four-fret boxes, one per scale degree, each a single hand position with almost no shifting. The jazz and classical way, from William Leavitt's Berklee method.
Notes and intervals
| 1 | A#A♯ | Root |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | B#B♯ | Major 2nd |
| 3 | C#C♯ | Minor 3rd |
| 4 | D#D♯ | Perfect 4th |
| 5 | E#E♯ | Perfect 5th |
| 6 | F#F♯ | Augmented 5th |
| 7 | GG | Major 6th |
| 8 | AA | Major 7th |
| Steps | W H W W H H W H |
|---|---|
| Semitones | 2-1-2-2-1-1-2-1 |
| Degrees | 1 2 ♭3 4 5 ♯5 6 7 |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths
Related scales
Bebop Melodic Minor in other keys
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