About the F Bebop Minor scale
F Bebop Minor is used for bebop solos over minor chords. Think of it as a dorian minor with an extra chromatic passing tone up top. It is F Bebop Dominant with the third lowered.
Its notes are F, G, A♭, B♭, C, D, E♭, and E. The formula is W H W W W H H H.
Three open-string notes belong to F Bebop Minor, namely E, D, and G. A guitarist finds the lowest F at the 1st fret of the low E string. Placed at the first fret, a capo lets F Bebop Minor be played with E-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 | FF | Root |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | GG | Major 2nd |
| 3 | AbA♭ | Minor 3rd |
| 4 | BbB♭ | Perfect 4th |
| 5 | CC | Perfect 5th |
| 6 | DD | Major 6th |
| 7 | EbE♭ | Minor 7th |
| 8 | EE | Major 7th |
| Steps | W H W W W H H H |
|---|---|
| Semitones | 2-1-2-2-2-1-1-1 |
| Degrees | 1 2 ♭3 4 5 6 ♭7 7 |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths
Related scales
Bebop Minor in other keys
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