Click image to learn the bebop scale in more fretboard positions. Weve done a lot of work with arpeggios and the bebop scale. Practicing, using the exercises found in this booklet or in vol. Bebop scale emerged in the same context of bebop jazz if you want to learn how to play jazz, we can be sure that you are taking a big step in reading this article. Here are some bebop exercises to practise that repeat themselves over and over and make musical sense, so they work. They are effectively just regular western scales and modes such as the major, melodic minor, dorian and mixolydian scales and modes but with an. Dominant bebop chromatic note between scale degrees b7 and 1. Even though this is one of the first scales we learn many intermediate jazz musicians are quite frustrated when trying to improvise over a. Aug 29, 2016 master the bebop scale and its applications and youll have a technique that you can apply to dominant, minor, halfdiminished, and sus chords. So by the time bebop was heard for the first time on record, it had already developed and grown for 2 years.
Bebop scales down and up the bebop scales add a chromatic passing tone to the basic scales so that strong chord tones occur on the strong beats. The main scales of western music are major and minor scales. Master the bebop scale and its applications and youll have a technique that you can apply to dominant, minor, halfdiminished, and sus chords. Jazz scale applications the preceding scales are here roughly arranged from most consonant to most dissonant in relation to the following chord types. Add more chromaticism to improvised lines with bebop scales. I have found the order of preference to be dorian, bebop, melodic. Bebop jazz phrases california state university, sacramento. Bebop scales are frequently used in jazz improvisation and come in a few different forms. The scale syllabus can help you uncover new sounds. Learn how to build, apply, and solo using this jazz scale. According to michael miller, when someone says theyre playing the bebop scale, this is the one theyre talking about. How to master the bebop scale in jazz improvisation jazz advice. The only difference is one extra note, this can be compared with the blue note added to a pentatonic to get a blues scale. Bebop scales the bebop scales are frequently used in jazz improvisation and are derived from the modes of the major scale, the melodic minor scale and the harmonic minor scale.
G7 bebop lines jeff ellwood jeff ellwood jeff ellwood. How to master the bebop scale in jazz improvisation jazz. When these passing notes are added to the diatonic chord scale certain notes then stand out in the scale. You just add one extra note to each respective scale and then you can play it forever and ever without ever hitting a wrong note on a downbeat. Jun 14, 20 bebop is much more than just one particular style, it is pretty much the grammar of modern jazz, and bebop licks are not so much cliches as essential elements of speech within the jazz language. Dominant bebop scale guitar c bebop scale guitar tab. The dominant bebop scale usually just referred to as the bebop scale adds a chromatic passing tone between the b7 and the 1. Numerous elements of bebop could be found in swing including. The first scale most musicians learn is the major scale. The bebop dorian scale also known as the bebop minor scale is derived from the dorian mode and has a chromatic passing tone between the minor 3rd and the perfect 4th. The name bebop scale was coined by jazz educator, david baker, to describe the scales used so often by musicians of the bebop era. How to master the bebop scale in jazz improvisation jazzadvice. Its now time to combine the two devices for a musical, articulate sound.
From bach to bebop is to think of all music as being in motion toward points in the future. This one really is the easiest when we start with the pinkie of the fretting hand to start the scale. The dominant bebop scale is the major scale plus an extra note between the 6th and 7th notes. This article and accompanying notation are abridged from hal galpers interactive online book forward motion. To do this were going to start by ascending arpeggios from each chord tone and then descending the bebop scale. Combining arpeggios with the bebop scale fundamental. The next way you can use the bebop scale is over the iivi progression. Oct 21, 2019 here is a list of the 16 most important scales for jazz improvisation and the harmonic contexts in which they can be used for improvisation. Another common bebop scale is the dominant seventh or mixolydian bebop scale. Bebop scales are just your regular scales and modes such as the major, melodic minor, dorian and mixolydian but with an added chromatic note. The bebop scale is a descending major scale, with a flatted seventh added that is typically used over a dominant or v7 chord. Jun 17, 2019 bebop scale guitar fretboard diagrams. To overcome this problem bebop scales were formed by adding one extra note to three modes of the major scale. Jazz technique, forward motion fingering keyboardmag.
Compare this to the dominant 7th chord with the scale steps 1 3 5 b7 this scale is sometimes referred to as the dominant 7th scale. When we derived the major bebop scale, we pretended to substitute c. The strong chord tones are root, 3 rd, 5 th and 7 th on the dominant chord and root, 3 rd, 5 th and 6 th not 7 th on tonic major and minor chords. The dominant bebop scale is a mixolydian scale with an added major 7th note. This scale is often used over dominant 7th chords and the ii v progressions. Heres is the pdf file with the exercises from this lesson. The bebop scales add a chromatic passing tone to the basic scales so that strong chord tones occur on the strong beats. Wes montgomery is on fire as always, listen and take note. We will show here a resource extremely used by jazz musicians.
The following sections explore these beyond bebop scales. Every scale determines a key,that is an harmonic combunation of tones based on that scale. The bebop scale is a descending major scale, with a flatted seventh added that is typically used over a dominant or v7 chord when improvising. How to use bebop scales like a pro learn jazz standards. Nov 29, 2017 the basic tenet of my book forward motion. A diatonic scale has 7 notes this is just a fact rather than a generalisation by adding an extra chromatic note, bebop scales are able to. The mixolydian scales are very easy to learn as you can see by comparing them with the major scales. It doesnt matter whether you play guitar, piano, saxophone, trumpet, bass, or the kazoo. C7 bebop scale natural 7 th added c tonic major bebop scale sharp 5 th added. The bebop scale provides the solution to this problem.
The line then climbs the diminished scale that goes with g7b9 in thirds, descends the scale for two tones, and ends with a chromatic approach to the opening pickup. The major bebop scale is the major scale plus an extra note between the 5th and 6th notes. May 28, 2016 use enclosure delayed resolution to connect your scales and arpeggios. Learn how the greatest improvisers use the bebop scale in jazz improvisation. Bebop part i perpetual motion exercises jason lyon on music. The bebop scales are frequently used in jazz, and deservedly got their name from their extensive use in the bebop era 1940s60s by such jazz musicians as charlie christian, wes montgomery, charlie parker and dizzie gillespie, to name a few.
In the ensuing years, the music and its musicians have not only endured but have grown in. Although we dont call it a blue note in this case, but a passing tone. Any of the above three figures can also resolve to c. And lastly, lets explore the mixolydian bebop scale. Techniques and practice ideas for mastering the v7 and major. Bebop jazz phrases major bebop enclosure bebop enclosre honeysuckle enclosure dominant bebop digital enclosure minor bebop digital arpeggio enclosure enclosure pattern up in minor 3rds practice in all 12 keys major bebop chromatic note between scale degrees 5 and 6. It therefore has all the notes of both the major and mixolydian scale. We learn it in all 12 keys up and down our instruments. The bebop scale is a dominant scale and has the same function in a key as the mixolydian scale.
Above is a terrific example of the dominant bebop scale key of bb being played. The bebop scales are frequently used in jazz improvisation and are derived from the modes of. The 16 most important scales in jazz updated learn jazz. They are created by interjecting one or more nondiatonic passing tones into the chord scales.
Better emphasise the harmonically important notes chords tones during descending scalar runs, by playing the chord tones on the beat. Learn all about bebop scale bebop jazz simplifying theory. Use enclosure delayed resolution to connect your scales and arpeggios. They are effectively just regular western scales and modes such as the major, melodic minor. Piano bebop scale overview with pictures piano scales. Insidepiano video tutorials jazz improvisation bebop scale. Major and dominant bebop scales bebop scales are chord scales with added chromatic passing tones. How to improvise jazz piano using the bebop and the jazz melodic minor scale as well as the use of broken chords to play jazz piano solos, using the most standard jazz chord progression iivi to illustrate the concept.
Scale drawing homework 6 scale drawing and model about scale nih scale b ems scale can blockchain scale brazelton scale pdf using log scale in stan tb program scale up scale modelling spreitzer scale arpeggio scale ems seismic scale scale manual digi sm 25 scale bebop scale scale the summit nihss scale digi scale scale pdf piano. This scale applies to dominant chords, obviously, and. Art tatum used complex harmonies and chord substitutions. Count basie had began comping with the piano rather than playing stride. Bebop dominant scale this scale is derived from the mixolydian mode and has a chromatic passing tone between the 7th and the root. This adds a flat seventh to the scale, which is the note that gives a dominant seventh chord its name. David baker named these scales the bebop scales because they were used so often by jazz artists form the bebop era. This scale is generated by adding a passing tone between the flattedseventh scale degree and the root. Jazz scales and patterns in all 12 keys sheet music.
You will probably notice the close relationship between the bebop scale and the major scale. The scales of the jazz chord progression iim7 v7 imaj7 chords share the same notes. C ocarina g ocarina click on the score to view exercises for any scale. Below is the bebop scale with chromatic notes that approach primary chord tones 57 below the line is broken down to show the approach to each primary chord tone these chromatic approaches can now be used in combination with the previous ideas to combine great lines. Also see the pdf for extra materials, fingerings and ideas. May 18, 2011 using chord substitution rule 1 and those scales will produce bebop scales that are not found in any of the books i researched. Blues, pentatonic, and then any of the remaining minor scale choices.