About the D Bebop Melodic Minor scale
D Bebop Melodic Minor is used for bebop solos over minor and minor-major chords. Think of it as a melodic minor with a chromatic passing tone added. It is D Diminished with the fifth raised.
Its notes are D, E, F, G, A, A♯, B, and C♯. The formula is W H W W H H W H.
Also called Minor Six Diminished and Barry Harris Minor Sixth.
In D Bebop Melodic Minor, the open strings sound E, A, D, G, and B. The lowest D on a standard-tuned guitar sits at 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 | A#A♯ | Augmented 5th |
| 7 | BB | Major 6th |
| 8 | C#C♯ | Major 7th |
| 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 |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths
Related scales
Bebop Melodic Minor in other keys
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