About the D sharp Bebop Melodic Minor scale
D sharp 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♯, B, B♯, and D. The formula is W H W W H H W H.
Also called Minor Six Diminished and Barry Harris Minor Sixth.
D and B are open guitar strings that sit inside this mode, ready to drone under a riff. The lowest D♯ on a standard-tuned guitar sits at the 6th fret of the A string. With a capo at the first fret, D♯ Bebop Melodic Minor can be played with D-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 | D#D♯ | Root |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | E#E♯ | Major 2nd |
| 3 | F#F♯ | Minor 3rd |
| 4 | G#G♯ | Perfect 4th |
| 5 | A#A♯ | Perfect 5th |
| 6 | BB | Augmented 5th |
| 7 | B#B♯ | Major 6th |
| 8 | DD | 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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