Guitar scale · exotic
G Bebop Dorian Scale
Dorian with a passing natural 3rd, giving eight notes so that chord tones fall on the beat.
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G 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|---------------------------------3-5-6-7-| B|-----------------------------5-6---------| G|---------------------3-4-5-7-------------| D|---------------3-5-7---------------------| A|---------3-5-7---------------------------| E|-3-5-6-7---------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------5-6-7-8-| B|-----------------------------6-8---------| G|-----------------------5-7-9-------------| D|---------------5-7-8-9-------------------| A|---------5-7-8---------------------------| E|-5-6-7-8---------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------7-8-10-| B|-------------------------------8-10-11--------| G|------------------------7-9-10----------------| D|---------------7-8-9-10-----------------------| A|--------7-8-10--------------------------------| E|-7-8-10---------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------10-12-13-| B|----------------------------------------11-12-13----------| G|-------------------------------10-12-14-------------------| D|----------------------10-12-14----------------------------| A|----------10-12-13-14-------------------------------------| E|-10-12-13-------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------12-13-15-| B|-------------------------------------------13-15----------| G|-------------------------------12-14-15-16----------------| D|----------------------12-14-15----------------------------| A|----------12-13-14-15-------------------------------------| E|-12-13-15-------------------------------------------------|
How to play G Bebop Dorian on guitar
Find the root first: G is at fret 3 on the low E string and fret 10 on the A string. The blue notes on the diagram are every G 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 3–7. 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 | G |
| 2 | A |
| ♭3 | Bb |
| 3 | B |
| 4 | C |
| 5 | D |
| 6 | E |
| ♭7 | F |
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Questions
- What notes are in the G Bebop Dorian Scale?
- The G Bebop Dorian Scale has 8 notes: G, A, Bb, B, C, D, E, F.
- 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 G Bebop Dorian on the guitar?
- The root G is at fret 3 on the low E string and fret 10 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 3–7, and four more positions connect it up the neck.