Guitar scale · exotic
F# Bebop Harmonic Minor Scale
Harmonic minor with a passing ♭7 between the ♭6 and the 7, giving eight notes.
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F# 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.
e|---------------------------------2-4-5-| B|---------------------------3-5-6-------| G|---------------------2-4-6-------------| D|-------------2-3-4-6-------------------| A|-------2-4-5---------------------------| E|-2-4-5---------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------4-5-7-| B|---------------------------5-6-7-------| G|---------------------4-6-7-------------| D|---------------4-6-7-------------------| A|-------4-5-7-8-------------------------| E|-4-5-7---------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------7-9-10-| B|-----------------------------7-9-10--------| G|--------------------6-7-9-10---------------| D|--------------6-7-9------------------------| A|--------7-8-9------------------------------| E|-7-9-10------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------9-10-12-13-| B|---------------------------------------10-12------------| G|----------------------------9-10-11-13------------------| D|--------------------9-11-12-----------------------------| A|------------9-11-12-------------------------------------| E|-9-10-12-13---------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------12-13-14-| B|----------------------------------------12-14-15----------| G|-------------------------------11-13-14-------------------| D|-------------------11-12-14-15----------------------------| A|----------11-12-14----------------------------------------| E|-12-13-14-------------------------------------------------|
How to play F# Bebop Harmonic Minor on guitar
Find the root first: F# is at fret 2 on the low E string and fret 9 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 2–6. 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 | A |
| 4 | B |
| 5 | C# |
| ♭6 | D |
| ♭7 | E |
| 7 | E# |
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Questions
- What notes are in the F# Bebop Harmonic Minor Scale?
- The F# Bebop Harmonic Minor Scale has 8 notes: F#, G#, A, B, C#, D, E, E#.
- 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 F# Bebop Harmonic Minor on the guitar?
- The root F# is at fret 2 on the low E string and fret 9 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 2–6, and four more positions connect it up the neck.