What notes are in the C Bebop Harmonic Minor Scale?

The C Bebop Harmonic Minor Scale has 8 notes: C, D, Eb, F, G, Ab, Bb, B.

What is the formula of the bebop harmonic minor scale?

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

Where do I play C Bebop Harmonic Minor on the guitar?

The root C is at fret 8 on the low E string and fret 3 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 8–12, and four more positions connect it up the neck.

Guitar scale · exotic

C Bebop Harmonic Minor Scale

Harmonic minor with a passing ♭7 between the ♭6 and the 7, giving eight notes.

Notes CDEbFGAbBbB

Formula 1 2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7 7

Steps W H W W H W H H

Mood Swinging, Dark, Fluid

Heard in Bebop Lines, Jazz Improvisation

Interactive scale diagram

C Bebop Harmonic 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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C Bebop Harmonic 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 8–12

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

Position 2 · D shape frets 10–14

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

Position 3 · C shape frets 12–16

e|-------------------------------------------------13-15-16-|
B|----------------------------------------13-15-16----------|
G|----------------------------12-13-15-16-------------------|
D|-------------------12-13-15-------------------------------|
A|----------13-14-15----------------------------------------|
E|-13-15-16-------------------------------------------------|

Position 4 · A shape frets 15–19

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

Position 5 · G shape frets 17–21

e|-------------------------------------------------18-19-20-|
B|----------------------------------------18-20-21----------|
G|-------------------------------17-19-20-------------------|
D|-------------------17-18-20-21----------------------------|
A|----------17-18-20----------------------------------------|
E|-18-19-20-------------------------------------------------|

How to play C Bebop Harmonic Minor on guitar

Find the root first: C is at fret 8 on the low E string and fret 3 on the A string. The blue notes on the diagram are every C 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 8–12. 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	C
2	D
♭3	Eb
4	F
5	G
♭6	Ab
♭7	Bb
7	B

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Questions

What notes are in the C Bebop Harmonic Minor Scale?: The C Bebop Harmonic Minor Scale has 8 notes: C, D, Eb, F, G, Ab, Bb, B.
What is the formula of the bebop harmonic minor scale?: 1 2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7 7, which is the step pattern W H W W H W H H (W = whole step, H = half step).
Where do I play C Bebop Harmonic Minor on the guitar?: The root C is at fret 8 on the low E string and fret 3 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 8–12, and four more positions connect it up the neck.

Bebop Harmonic Minor Scale in every key

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

More scales in C

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