A bebop dominant scale on piano
A bebop dominant has 8 notes: A B C♯ D E F♯ G G♯. Degrees: 1 2 3 4 5 6 ♭7 7. Formula: W W H W W H H H.
What notes are in the A bebop dominant scale?
A, B, C♯, D, E, F♯, G and G♯. It has 8 notes; its formula in whole and half steps is W W H W W H H H.
What does A bebop dominant sound like, and when do you use it?
Mixolydian + passing major 7th: in eighth notes, the chord tones land on the strong beats. Use it over 7 (dominant).
Chord progressions to improvise with A bebop dominant
In Jam mode (the Jam button above) a band of grand piano, upright bass and drums (recorded instruments) plays these progressions as swing, bossa, groove or ballad, and the keyboard lights up the notes of each chord as it plays. It's a backing track made for this scale in A:
- Bebop blues (I7–IV7–V7): 12 bars over A7, D7 and E7. 12-bar blues: in eighth notes starting on a chord tone, the passing major 7th puts the chord tones on the beats.
- Vamp (I7): a A7 vamp. A still dominant to practice your eighth-note lines.
A bebop dominant on the keyboard
It uses 3 black keys: C♯, F♯ and G♯. On the interactive keyboard above you can hear it, show its degrees or intervals and practice its chords.
Same notes as
Bebop dominant in other keys
On other instruments
A bebop dominant on guitar · A bebop dominant on bass · All scales