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Eb Bebop Melodic Minor Scale
Melodic minor with a passing ♯5 (♭6) between the 5th and the 6th, giving eight notes.
Notes EbFGbAbBbBCD
Formula 1 2 ♭3 4 5 ♯5 6 7
Steps W H W W H H W H
Mood Swinging, Fluid, Smooth
Heard in Bebop Lines over minor-major chords
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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Eb 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.
e|-------------------------------------------------11-13-14-| B|----------------------------------------12-13-15----------| G|-------------------------------11-13-15-------------------| D|----------------------12-13-15----------------------------| A|----------11-13-14-15-------------------------------------| E|-11-13-14-------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------13-14-16-| B|-------------------------------------------15-16----------| G|-------------------------------13-15-16-17----------------| D|----------------------13-15-16----------------------------| A|----------13-14-15-17-------------------------------------| E|-13-14-16-------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------16-18-19-| B|----------------------------------------16-18-19----------| G|----------------------------15-16-17-19-------------------| D|-------------------15-16-18-------------------------------| A|----------15-17-18----------------------------------------| E|-16-18-19-------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------18-19-20-22-| B|-------------------------------------------19-21-------------| G|----------------------------------19-20-22-------------------| D|----------------------18-20-21-22----------------------------| A|-------------18-20-21----------------------------------------| E|-18-19-20-22-------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------20-22-| B|----------------------------21-------| G|----------------------20-22----------| D|-------------20-21-22----------------| A|-------20-21-------------------------| E|-20-22-------------------------------|
How to play Eb Bebop Melodic Minor 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 | Gb |
| 4 | Ab |
| 5 | Bb |
| ♯5 | B |
| 6 | C |
| 7 | D |
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Questions
- What notes are in the Eb Bebop Melodic Minor Scale?
- The Eb Bebop Melodic Minor Scale has 8 notes: Eb, F, Gb, Ab, Bb, B, C, D.
- 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 Eb Bebop Melodic Minor 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.
Bebop Melodic Minor Scale in every key
More scales in Eb
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