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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 with very similar shapes to the standard major modes – so they’re very easy to learn. The disadvantage of doing this is that you end up with a mix of 3 and 4 notes per string (and the occasional awkward stretch).

Another approach is to just re-finger these scales so that they have 3 notes per string all the way across the shape, and that’s what I intend to do this time.

Dont forget to refer to my previous article on the background and theory behind the Bebop scale.

Let get some charts drawn up…

Bebop Dominant (Mixolydian) Mode

Starting with the Bebop Dominant Scale, and rearranging so we have 3 notes per string, we have.

Bebop Minor (Dorian) Mode

This time derived from the Dorian Mode and refingered with 3 notes per string.

Bebop Major (Ionian) Mode

This time we have the 3 note per string variant of the Major Bebop scale.

So there you have it. Don’t forget to get these shapes down, then see how they work in relation to the Minor 7th and Dominant 9th Pentatonic shapes and also the Major Scale modes.

Enjoy!