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E Bebop 7#11 scale

About the E Bebop 7#11 scale

E 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 E Bebop Dominant with the fourth raised.

Its notes are E, F, G, A, B, C, D, and D. The formula is W W W H W H H H.

Also called Bebop Lydian Dominant.

The black keys F, G, A, C, and D belong to this mode.

Notes and intervals

1EERoot
2F#F♯Major 2nd
3G#G♯Major 3rd
4A#A♯Augmented 4th
5BBPerfect 5th
6C#C♯Major 6th
7DDMinor 7th
8D#D♯Major 7th
StepsW W W H W H H H
Semitones2-2-2-1-2-1-1-1
Degrees1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7

Shapes

Chromatic

CC♯D♭DD♯E♭EFF♯G♭GG♯A♭AA♯B♭B

Circle of Fifths

CGDAEBF♯G♭C♯D♭G♯A♭D♯E♭A♯B♭F

Related scales

Bebop 7#11 in other keys

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