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F Bebop Allan Holdsworth scale

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About the F Bebop Allan Holdsworth scale

F Bebop Allan Holdsworth is used for fusion and modern jazz improvisation. Think of it as a dense nine-note minor scale in the spirit of Allan Holdsworth.

Its notes are F, G, A, A, B, C, D, E, and E. The formula is W H H H W W H H H. It is the sixth mode of B Bebop ii V.

This mode shares E, A, D, and G with the guitar's open strings. The lowest F on a standard-tuned guitar sits at the 1st fret of the low E string. A capo at the first fret lets a guitarist play F Bebop Allan Holdsworth with E-shape fingerings.

Notes and intervals

1FFRoot
2GGMajor 2nd
3AbA♭Minor 3rd
4AAMajor 3rd
5BbB♭Perfect 4th
6CCPerfect 5th
7DDMajor 6th
8EbE♭Minor 7th
9EEMajor 7th
StepsW H H H W W H H H
Semitones2-1-1-1-2-2-1-1-1
Degrees1 2 3 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 Allan Holdsworth in other keys

Modes

The same notes, starting on a different note.

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F Bebop Allan Holdsworth scale on guitar shown as colored note dots
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