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F Bebop Major scale

About the F Bebop Major scale

F Bebop Major is used for bebop solos over major chords. Think of it as the major scale with a chromatic passing tone between fifth and sixth. It is F Bebop Melodic Minor with the third raised.

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

Also called Major Sixth Diminished and Major Bebop.

Learn more about the F Bebop Major scale

This scale draws two black keys from the piano, B and D.

Notes and intervals

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

Modes

The same notes, starting on a different note.

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F Bebop Major scale on piano shown as colored note dots
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