Bebop Melodic Minor scale
Harmonizing this scale in alternating chords yields a minor sixth chord and a diminished seventh chord, making it the minor counterpart to the major sixth diminished scale, which is where the names Minor Six Diminished and Barry Harris Minor Sixth come from.
- Used for
- Bebop solos over minor and minor-major chords.
- Formula
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Steps W H W W H H W H Semitones 2-1-2-2-1-1-2-1 Degrees 1 2 ♭3 4 5 ♯5 6 7 - Also called
- Melodic Minor Bebop.
Bebop Melodic Minor in all 12 keys
Pick a key to see it on the piano, or jump straight to the guitar view.
- C C Bebop Melodic Minor scale piano guitar
- D flat Db Bebop Melodic Minor scale piano guitar
- D D Bebop Melodic Minor scale piano guitar
- E flat Eb Bebop Melodic Minor scale piano guitar
- E E Bebop Melodic Minor scale piano guitar
- F F Bebop Melodic Minor scale piano guitar
- G flat Gb Bebop Melodic Minor scale piano guitar
- G G Bebop Melodic Minor scale piano guitar
- A flat Ab Bebop Melodic Minor scale piano guitar
- A A Bebop Melodic Minor scale piano guitar
- B flat Bb Bebop Melodic Minor scale piano guitar
- B B Bebop Melodic Minor scale piano guitar
