Bebop Scales II Pete Sklaroff

In this second part of the series on Bebop scales I've added some musical examples of the major version BeBop scale and a system to practice it as well. The
scale can be started from either the Root, the 3rd, the 5th or the 6th degree. You can also change direction when playing but you need to be careful to ensure
that you maintain the integrity of the scale when doing this and allow the chord tones to fall onto strong beats to maintain the harmonic clarity of the lines.

(C BeBop Major Scale from root of scale)

&C œ œ bœ nœ œ œ œ œ bœ œ Œ Ó
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

C 4 5 4 Œ Ó
5 6 7 7 6 5
⁄ 8
5 7 8 8 7 5
8

5 5 5
C 4
5
4
5
4
5
⁄ 3 3 3

(C BeBop Major Scale from third of scale)

4

œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ Ó
& œ œ œ bœ nœ œ bœ œ œ œ

5
4 5 7 7 5 4 Œ Ó
5 6 7 7 6 5
⁄ 7 8 8 7

5 5 5
4 4 4
5 5 5
⁄ 3 3 3

(C BeBop Major Scale from fifth of scale)

7
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
& œ bœ nœ œ œ œ œ nœ bœ œ Œ Ó

5 6 8 6 5
4 5 7 7 5 4 Œ Ó
5 6 7 7 6 5
⁄
5 5 5
4 4 4
5 5 5
⁄ 3 3 3

(C BeBop Major Scale from sixth of scale)

10
œ œ œ œ œ bœ nœ bœ œ œ œ œ nœ
& œ œ œ nœ Œ Ó

5 6 8 9 10 9 8 6 5
4 5 7 7 5 4 Œ Ó
7 7
⁄
5 5 5
4 4 4
5 5 5
⁄ 3 3 3

(C BeBop Major Scale - mixed)

13
œ œ œ œ œ nœ
& œ œ œ œ œ bœ nœ œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ nœ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ bœ nœ œ œ

5
4 5 7 5 4 4 4 5 7 7 5 4
5 6 7 7 6 5 5 6 7 7 6 5 5 6 7
⁄ 8
5 7 8 8 7 5 7 8 8 7 8

5 5 5 5 5
4 4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5 5
⁄ 3 3 3 3 3

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