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B♭ Bebop Allan Holdsworth scale

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About the B flat Bebop Allan Holdsworth scale

B flat Bebop Allan Holdsworth is used for fusion and modern jazz improvisation. Think of it as a dense nine-note minor scale in the spirit of Allan Holdsworth.

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

Three open-string notes belong to B Bebop Allan Holdsworth, namely A, D, and G. A guitarist finds the lowest B at the 1st fret of the A string. A capo at the first fret lets a guitarist play B Bebop Allan Holdsworth with A-shape fingerings.

Notes and intervals

1BbB♭Root
2CCMajor 2nd
3DbD♭Minor 3rd
4DDMajor 3rd
5EbE♭Perfect 4th
6FFPerfect 5th
7GGMajor 6th
8AbA♭Minor 7th
9AAMajor 7th
StepsW H H H W W H H H
Semitones2-1-1-1-2-2-1-1-1
Degrees1 2 3 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 Allan Holdsworth in other keys

Modes

The same notes, starting on a different note.

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Bb Bebop Allan Holdsworth scale on guitar shown as colored note dots
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