About the D Bebop Harmonic Minor scale
D 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 D Bebop Minor with the sixth lowered.
Its notes are D, E, F, G, A, B♭, C, and C♯. The formula is W H W W H W H H. It is the seventh mode of F Bebop Major.
Also called Bebop Natural Minor and Utility Minor.
Four open-string notes belong to D Bebop Harmonic Minor, namely E, A, D, and G. On guitar, the deepest D within reach is the 5th fret of the A string. The scale plays in open position, a whole octave of the scale falling within the first three frets.
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 | DD | Root |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | EE | Major 2nd |
| 3 | FF | Minor 3rd |
| 4 | GG | Perfect 4th |
| 5 | AA | Perfect 5th |
| 6 | BbB♭ | Minor 6th |
| 7 | CC | Minor 7th |
| 8 | C#C♯ | 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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