About the F Bebop 7#11 scale
F 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 F Bebop Dominant with the fourth raised.
Its notes are F, G, A, B, C, D, E♭, and E. The formula is W W W H W H H H.
Also called Bebop Lydian Dominant.
The scale shares E, A, D, G, and B with the guitar's open strings. Down at the 1st fret of the low E string lies the lowest F a guitar can play. 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 | FF | Root |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | GG | Major 2nd |
| 3 | AA | Major 3rd |
| 4 | BB | Augmented 4th |
| 5 | CC | Perfect 5th |
| 6 | DD | Major 6th |
| 7 | EbE♭ | Minor 7th |
| 8 | EE | 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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