Guitar scale · exotic
F Bebop Dorian Scale
Dorian with a passing natural 3rd, giving eight notes so that chord tones fall on the beat.
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F 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|---------------------------------1-3-4-5-| B|-----------------------------3-4---------| G|---------------------1-2-3-5-------------| D|---------------1-3-5---------------------| A|---------1-3-5---------------------------| E|-1-3-4-5---------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------3-4-5-6-| B|-----------------------------4-6---------| G|-----------------------3-5-7-------------| D|---------------3-5-6-7-------------------| A|---------3-5-6---------------------------| E|-3-4-5-6---------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------5-6-8-| B|---------------------------6-8-9-------| G|---------------------5-7-8-------------| D|-------------5-6-7-8-------------------| A|-------5-6-8---------------------------| E|-5-6-8---------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------8-10-11-| B|------------------------------------9-10-11---------| G|----------------------------8-10-12-----------------| D|--------------------8-10-12-------------------------| A|---------8-10-11-12---------------------------------| E|-8-10-11--------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------10-11-13-| B|-------------------------------------------11-13----------| G|-------------------------------10-12-13-14----------------| D|----------------------10-12-13----------------------------| A|----------10-11-12-13-------------------------------------| E|-10-11-13-------------------------------------------------|
How to play F Bebop Dorian on guitar
Find the root first: F is at fret 1 on the low E string and fret 8 on the A string. The blue notes on the diagram are every F 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 1–5. 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 | F |
| 2 | G |
| ♭3 | Ab |
| 3 | A |
| 4 | Bb |
| 5 | C |
| 6 | D |
| ♭7 | Eb |
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Questions
- What notes are in the F Bebop Dorian Scale?
- The F Bebop Dorian Scale has 8 notes: F, G, Ab, A, Bb, C, D, Eb.
- 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 F Bebop Dorian on the guitar?
- The root F is at fret 1 on the low E string and fret 8 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 1–5, and four more positions connect it up the neck.