About the D flat Bebop 7#11 scale
D flat Bebop 7#11 is used for bebop solos over dominant chords with a raised eleventh. Think of it as a Lydian dominant filled out into a bebop scale. It is D♭ Bebop Dominant with the fourth raised.
Its notes are D♭, E♭, F, G, A♭, B♭, C♭, and C. The formula is W W W H W H H H.
Also called Bebop Lydian Dominant.
This scale shares G and B with the guitar's open strings. On guitar, the deepest D♭ within reach is the 4th fret of the A string. A capo at the first fret lets a guitarist play D♭ Bebop 7#11 with C-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 | DbD♭ | Root |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | EbE♭ | Major 2nd |
| 3 | FF | Major 3rd |
| 4 | GG | Augmented 4th |
| 5 | AbA♭ | Perfect 5th |
| 6 | BbB♭ | Major 6th |
| 7 | CbC♭ | Minor 7th |
| 8 | CC | Major 7th |
| Steps | W W W H W H H H |
|---|---|
| Semitones | 2-2-2-1-2-1-1-1 |
| Degrees | 1 2 3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7 7 |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths
Related scales
Bebop 7#11 in other keys
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