About the B Bebop Harmonic Minor scale
B 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 B Bebop Minor with the sixth lowered.
Its notes are B, C♯, D, E, F♯, G, A, and A♯. The formula is W H W W H W H H. It is the seventh mode of D Bebop Major.
Also called Bebop Natural Minor and Utility Minor.
This scale shares E, A, D, G, and B with the guitar's open strings. On guitar, the deepest B within reach is the 2nd fret of the A string. A capo at the second fret brings B Bebop Harmonic Minor within reach of 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 | BB | Root |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | C#C♯ | Major 2nd |
| 3 | DD | Minor 3rd |
| 4 | EE | Perfect 4th |
| 5 | F#F♯ | Perfect 5th |
| 6 | GG | Minor 6th |
| 7 | AA | Minor 7th |
| 8 | A#A♯ | Major 7th |
| Steps | W H W W H W H H |
|---|---|
| Semitones | 2-1-2-2-1-2-1-1 |
| Degrees | 1 2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7 7 |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths
Related scales
Bebop Harmonic Minor in other keys
Modes
The same notes, starting on a different note.
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