Notice how the first half of the Dm7 bar is an ascending arpeggio, followed by a descending Bebop scale in the second half. With the Minor Bebop scale under your fingers and in your ears, you can check out a lick that uses this scale over the iim7 chord of a iim7-V7-Imaj7 progression in the key of C major. Here is one fingering that I like to use for a two-octave D Minor Bebop Scale. Either way, the Minor Bebop Scale can be used to solo over m7 chords and their variations such as m6, mMaj7, m9 and m11. Some prefer to think of it as a Dorian mode with an added raised 7th, while others prefer to think of it as a Melodic Minor scale with the added b7th. The Minor Bebop Scale is built from two different modes, depending on which one you prefer to think of, with one added chromatic note. I will write more on this a little later. Make sure to take all of these exercises into the other 11 keys, both on their own and as part of the ii-V-I progression included in the examples.Īs well, once you can play each scale up and down in one and two-octave fingerings, it’s a great idea to learn it in other parts of the neck, as well as run common patterns through each scale. This will allow you to insert these sounds into your solos more naturally, as your ears will start to hear these outside notes as normal after a while.Īll of the exercises in this lesson are written out in the key of C major, so Dm, G7, Cmaj7, or C minor, Dm7b5, G7alt Cm7. By learning these scales slowly, as well as the licks in each section, you’ll not only get these ideas under your fingers, but in your ears as well. Because these scales use chromatic notes, ones that are “outside” the sound of the chord, they can be a bit harsh at first. Start with the Minor Bebop Scale and work it thoroughly before going on to the next scale that I'll list. If Bebop Scales are new to you at this point, take things slow. Since people I know have enjoyed these lessons, I thought I would write that information here for everyone to check out. Recently, I’ve started covering this in detail, going through each of the different Bebop Scales, how they’re built, where they can be applied and how to use them so they sound like music and not like an exercise. As well, the added chromatic notes give these scales a “jazzy” flavour that you just don’t get when using traditional scales and modes such as Major, Dorian and Mixolydian. The Bebop Scale has the benefits of outlining the chord it is being played over, because it’s root scale comes from modes of the Major Scale and the Harmonic Minor Scale depending on which Bebop Scale you are using.
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