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The Bebop Scale – 3 Notes Per String

19 August 2010

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A while ago I posted some common shapes for the Bebop Scale, fingered for the Guitar. (Follow this link to read the article). In that article I started with the standard 3 Note-Per-String Major Modes and then added an additional note to create the Bebop scales. The advantage of doing this is that you end up [...]

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The Bebop Scale

1 May 2010

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(Read the second part of this article here: 3 Note Per String Bebop Scale Fingering). Lets discuss the application of the Bebop scale to the Guitar. The Bebop Scale is based on the Major scale with an additional passing tone. This scale was popularized in the Jazz Bebop era, hence it’s name. There are 3 common modes [...]

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The Melodic Minor Scale

5 April 2010

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The melodic minor scale differs from the Major Scale by just 1 note (the flat 3rd), and the Harmonic Minor scale by 1 note (the flat 6th). My old music teacher explained it thus. If we start with the Natural Minor Scale (Aka, Aeolean Mode). Then we give the tonic a leading note, by sharpening the [...]

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The Harmonic Minor Scale

3 April 2010

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The Harmonic Minor Scale is a wonderfully evocative scale. Full of Eastern promise and all that stuff! So lets have a closer look at it. Well it’s based on the Natural Minor or Aeolian Mode of the Major Scale, however the 7th note in the scale is sharpened. So for example A Harmonic Minor would contain the notes A, [...]

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The Modes of the Major Scale

3 April 2010

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Over the years, I’ve probably used this fingering of the major scale more than any other. As you can see, it’s laid out so that there are 3 notes per string. I found that, while a little awkward at first, runs and things flow much more easily with this than with fingering that mix 2 [...]

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