What notes are in the Bb Bebop Melodic Minor Scale?

The Bb Bebop Melodic Minor Scale has 8 notes: Bb, C, Db, Eb, F, F#, G, A.

What is the formula of the bebop melodic minor scale?

1 2 ♭3 4 5 ♯5 6 7, which is the step pattern W H W W H H W H (W = whole step, H = half step).

Where do I play Bb Bebop Melodic Minor on the guitar?

The root Bb is at fret 6 on the low E string and fret 1 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 6–10, and four more positions connect it up the neck.

Guitar scale · exotic

Bb Bebop Melodic Minor Scale

Melodic minor with a passing ♯5 (♭6) between the 5th and the 6th, giving eight notes.

Notes BbCDbEbFF#GA

Formula 1 2 ♭3 4 5 ♯5 6 7

Steps W H W W H H W H

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Heard in Bebop Lines over minor-major chords

Interactive scale diagram

Bb Bebop Melodic Minor Scale · Standard tuning

STR OP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 E A D G B E

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Bb Bebop Melodic Minor Scale tab: all 5 positions

Each tab climbs from the low E string to the high e string. Play it up, then back down.

Position 1 · E shape frets 6–10

e|-------------------------------------6-8-9-|
B|------------------------------7-8-10-------|
G|-----------------------6-8-10--------------|
D|----------------7-8-10---------------------|
A|-------6-8-9-10----------------------------|
E|-6-8-9-------------------------------------|

Position 2 · D shape frets 8–12

e|-------------------------------------------8-9-11-|
B|-------------------------------------10-11--------|
G|--------------------------8-10-11-12--------------|
D|------------------8-10-11-------------------------|
A|--------8-9-10-12---------------------------------|
E|-8-9-11-------------------------------------------|

Position 3 · C shape frets 10–14

e|-------------------------------------------------11-13-14-|
B|----------------------------------------11-13-14----------|
G|----------------------------10-11-12-14-------------------|
D|-------------------10-11-13-------------------------------|
A|----------10-12-13----------------------------------------|
E|-11-13-14-------------------------------------------------|

Position 4 · A shape frets 13–17

e|-------------------------------------------------13-14-15-17-|
B|-------------------------------------------14-16-------------|
G|----------------------------------14-15-17-------------------|
D|----------------------13-15-16-17----------------------------|
A|-------------13-15-16----------------------------------------|
E|-13-14-15-17-------------------------------------------------|

Position 5 · G shape frets 15–19

e|-------------------------------------------------15-17-18-|
B|----------------------------------------16-18-19----------|
G|-------------------------------15-17-18-------------------|
D|-------------------15-16-17-19----------------------------|
A|----------15-16-18----------------------------------------|
E|-15-17-18-------------------------------------------------|

How to play Bb Bebop Melodic Minor on guitar

Find the root first: Bb is at fret 6 on the low E string and fret 1 on the A string. The blue notes on the diagram are every Bb 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 6–10. 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	Bb
2	C
♭3	Db
4	Eb
5	F
♯5	F#
6	G
7	A

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Questions

What notes are in the Bb Bebop Melodic Minor Scale?: The Bb Bebop Melodic Minor Scale has 8 notes: Bb, C, Db, Eb, F, F#, G, A.
What is the formula of the bebop melodic minor scale?: 1 2 ♭3 4 5 ♯5 6 7, which is the step pattern W H W W H H W H (W = whole step, H = half step).
Where do I play Bb Bebop Melodic Minor on the guitar?: The root Bb is at fret 6 on the low E string and fret 1 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 6–10, and four more positions connect it up the neck.

Bebop Melodic Minor Scale in every key

C C# D Eb E F F# G Ab A Bb B

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