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G Bebop Harmonic Minor scale

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About the G Bebop Harmonic Minor scale

G Bebop Harmonic Minor is a harmonic minor with a chromatic passing tone on top. It's used for bebop solos over minor chords.

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.

Position 1fr 1
Position 2fr 2
Position 3fr 3
Position 4fr 5
Position 5fr 6
Position 6fr 8
Position 7fr 10
Position 8fr 11

Notes and intervals

1 G Root
2 A Major 2nd
3 B flat Minor 3rd
4 C Perfect 4th
5 D Perfect 5th
6 E flat Minor 6th
7 F Minor 7th
8 F sharp Major 7th

Shapes

Chromatic

C C♯ D♭ D D♯ E♭ E F F♯ G♭ G G♯ A♭ A A♯ B♭ B

Circle of Fifths

C G D A E B F♯ G♭ C♯ D♭ G♯ A♭ D♯ E♭ A♯ B♭ F

Related scales

Bebop Harmonic Minor in other keys

Modes

The same notes, starting on a different note.

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