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Eb Bebop Major Scale
Major scale with a passing ♯5 (♭6) between the 5th and the 6th, giving eight notes so that chord tones fall on the beat.
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Eb Bebop Major 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|-------------------------------------------------11-13-15-| B|----------------------------------------12-13-15----------| G|-------------------------------12-13-15-------------------| D|----------------------12-13-15----------------------------| A|----------11-13-14-15-------------------------------------| E|-11-13-15-------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------13-15-16-| B|-------------------------------------------15-16----------| G|-------------------------------13-15-16-17----------------| D|----------------------13-15-17----------------------------| A|----------13-14-15-17-------------------------------------| E|-13-15-16-------------------------------------------------|
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-------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------18-19-20-22-| B|-------------------------------------------20-21-------------| G|----------------------------------19-20-22-------------------| D|----------------------18-20-21-22----------------------------| A|-------------18-20-22----------------------------------------| E|-18-19-20-22-------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------20-22-| B|----------------------------20-21-------| G|----------------------20-22-------------| D|-------------20-21-22-------------------| A|-------20-22----------------------------| E|-20-22----------------------------------|
How to play Eb Bebop Major on guitar
Find the root first: Eb is at fret 11 on the low E string and fret 6 on the A string. The blue notes on the diagram are every Eb 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 11–15. 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 | Eb |
| 2 | F |
| 3 | G |
| 4 | Ab |
| 5 | Bb |
| ♯5 | B |
| 6 | C |
| 7 | D |
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Questions
- What notes are in the Eb Bebop Major Scale?
- The Eb Bebop Major Scale has 8 notes: Eb, F, G, Ab, Bb, B, C, D.
- What is the formula of the bebop major scale?
- 1 2 3 4 5 ♯5 6 7, which is the step pattern W W H W H H W H (W = whole step, H = half step).
- Where do I play Eb Bebop Major on the guitar?
- The root Eb is at fret 11 on the low E string and fret 6 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 11–15, and four more positions connect it up the neck.