Guitar scale · exotic
B Bebop Dorian Scale
Dorian with a passing natural 3rd, giving eight notes so that chord tones fall on the beat.
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B Bebop Dorian Scale tab: all 5 positions
Each tab climbs from the low E string to the high e string. Play it up, then back down.
e|---------------------------------------7-9-10-11-| B|----------------------------------9-10-----------| G|-------------------------7-8-9-11----------------| D|------------------7-9-11-------------------------| A|-----------7-9-11--------------------------------| E|-7-9-10-11---------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------9-10-11-12-| B|---------------------------------------10-12------------| G|-------------------------------9-11-13------------------| D|--------------------9-11-12-13--------------------------| A|------------9-11-12-------------------------------------| E|-9-10-11-12---------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------11-12-14-| B|----------------------------------------12-14-15----------| G|-------------------------------11-13-14-------------------| D|-------------------11-12-13-14----------------------------| A|----------11-12-14----------------------------------------| E|-11-12-14-------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------14-16-17-| B|----------------------------------------15-16-17----------| G|-------------------------------14-16-18-------------------| D|----------------------14-16-18----------------------------| A|----------14-16-17-18-------------------------------------| E|-14-16-17-------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------16-17-19-| B|-------------------------------------------17-19----------| G|-------------------------------16-18-19-20----------------| D|----------------------16-18-19----------------------------| A|----------16-17-18-19-------------------------------------| E|-16-17-19-------------------------------------------------|
How to play B Bebop Dorian on guitar
Find the root first: B is at fret 7 on the low E string and fret 2 on the A string. The blue notes on the diagram are every B on the neck; the gold ones are the rest of the scale's home chord (♭3, 5, ♭7), the safest notes to land on at the end of a phrase.
Learn it one box at a time. Position 1, the E shape, sits at frets 7–11. Once it's under your fingers, move to position 2 (the D shape) and play the notes the two boxes share, then keep going up the neck. After all five, the scale joins up into one pattern across the whole fretboard.
Degrees
| Degree | Note |
|---|---|
| 1 | B |
| 2 | C# |
| ♭3 | D |
| 3 | D# |
| 4 | E |
| 5 | F# |
| 6 | G# |
| ♭7 | A |
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Questions
- What notes are in the B Bebop Dorian Scale?
- The B Bebop Dorian Scale has 8 notes: B, C#, D, D#, E, F#, G#, A.
- What is the formula of the bebop dorian scale?
- 1 2 ♭3 3 4 5 6 ♭7, which is the step pattern W H H H W W H W (W = whole step, H = half step).
- Where do I play B Bebop Dorian on the guitar?
- The root B is at fret 7 on the low E string and fret 2 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 7–11, and four more positions connect it up the neck.