A Bebop dominantScale
Formula
A Bebop dominant on the chromatic circle
A Bebop dominant is one of the exotic scales. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.
A Bebop dominant across the fretboard
Every note of the scale up to the 16th fret, named by its degree. The root is a ring. Step through the five CAGED positions one at a time in the scale library.
Where A Bebop dominant fits
Bebop lines over dominant 7 chords: Mixolydian with a passing major 7th, so the chord tones land on the beat.
Bebop dominant scale in every key
A Bebop dominant scale questions
What notes are in the A Bebop dominant scale?
A B C♯ D E F♯ G G♯. As degrees from the root: 1 2 3 4 5 6 ♭7 7.
What is the A Bebop dominant scale formula?
1 2 3 4 5 6 ♭7 7, or in steps between the notes, W W H W W H H H (W is a whole step of two frets, H a half step of one fret, 1½ three frets).
How do you play the A Bebop dominant scale on guitar?
This page draws every note of A Bebop dominant up to the 16th fret, each named by its degree with the root as a ring. To learn it a few frets at a time, open it in the scale library and step through its five CAGED positions, from the G shape to the E shape to the D shape to the C shape to the A shape.
When is the A Bebop dominant scale used?
Bebop lines over dominant 7 chords: Mixolydian with a passing major 7th, so the chord tones land on the beat.