F bebop Dorian scale on piano
F bebop Dorian has 8 notes: F G A♭ A B♭ C D E♭. Degrees: 1 2 ♭3 3 4 5 6 ♭7. Formula: W H H H W W H W.
What notes are in the F bebop Dorian scale?
F, G, A♭, A, B♭, C, D and E♭. It has 8 notes; its formula in whole and half steps is W H H H W W H W.
What does F bebop Dorian sound like, and when do you use it?
Dorian + passing major 3rd: bebop over minor chords. Use it over m7.
Chord progressions to improvise with F bebop Dorian
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 F:
- Dorian vamp (i7–IV7): Fm7 | B♭7. Dorian with a passing major 3rd: bebop lines over a minor vamp.
F bebop Dorian on the keyboard
It uses 3 black keys: A♭, B♭ and E♭. On the interactive keyboard above you can hear it, show its degrees or intervals and practice its chords.
Same notes as
Bebop Dorian in other keys
On other instruments
F bebop Dorian on guitar · F bebop Dorian on bass · All scales