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A♯ Bebop Melodic Minor scale

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.

Learn more about the A♯ Bebop Melodic Minor scale

The black keys A, C, D, and F belong to this scale.

Notes and intervals

1A#A♯Root
2B#B♯Major 2nd
3C#C♯Minor 3rd
4D#D♯Perfect 4th
5E#E♯Perfect 5th
6F#F♯Augmented 5th
7GGMajor 6th
8AAMajor 7th
StepsW H W W H H W H
Semitones2-1-2-2-1-1-2-1
Degrees1 2 3 4 5 5 6 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 Melodic Minor in other keys

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