About the B flat Bebop Minor scale
B flat Bebop Minor is used for bebop solos over minor chords. Think of it as a dorian minor with an extra chromatic passing tone up top. It is B♭ Bebop Dominant with the third lowered.
Its notes are B♭, C, D♭, E♭, F, G, A♭, and A. The formula is W H W W W H H H.
This scale shares A and G with the guitar's open strings. A guitarist finds the lowest B♭ at the 1st fret of the A string. With a capo at the first fret, B♭ Bebop Minor can 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 | BbB♭ | Root |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | CC | Major 2nd |
| 3 | DbD♭ | Minor 3rd |
| 4 | EbE♭ | Perfect 4th |
| 5 | FF | Perfect 5th |
| 6 | GG | Major 6th |
| 7 | AbA♭ | Minor 7th |
| 8 | AA | Major 7th |
| Steps | W H W W W H H H |
|---|---|
| Semitones | 2-1-2-2-2-1-1-1 |
| Degrees | 1 2 ♭3 4 5 6 ♭7 7 |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths
Related scales
Bebop Minor in other keys
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