Bebop Harmonic Minor scale
Two readings describe the same eight notes, a harmonic minor with a flat seventh added below its raised seventh, or a natural minor with a natural seventh added above its flat seventh.
- Used for
- Bebop solos over minor chords.
- Formula
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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 - Relationships
- It is the seventh mode of the Bebop Major scale.
- Also called
- Bebop Natural Minor and Utility Minor.
Bebop Harmonic Minor in all 12 keys
Pick a key to see it on the piano, or jump straight to the guitar view.
- C C Bebop Harmonic Minor scale piano guitar
- D flat Db Bebop Harmonic Minor scale piano guitar
- D D Bebop Harmonic Minor scale piano guitar
- E flat Eb Bebop Harmonic Minor scale piano guitar
- E E Bebop Harmonic Minor scale piano guitar
- F F Bebop Harmonic Minor scale piano guitar
- G flat Gb Bebop Harmonic Minor scale piano guitar
- G G Bebop Harmonic Minor scale piano guitar
- A flat Ab Bebop Harmonic Minor scale piano guitar
- A A Bebop Harmonic Minor scale piano guitar
- B flat Bb Bebop Harmonic Minor scale piano guitar
- B B Bebop Harmonic Minor scale piano guitar
