Bebop Scale - Bebop Harmonic Minor Scale

Bebop Harmonic Minor Scale

The bebop harmonic minor scale is derived from the harmonic minor scale and has a chromatic passing tone (an additional ♭7) between the 6th and the 7th notes. It can be used on all three chords of a minor II-V-I progression. This scale is listed in Randy Halberstad's book Metaphors For The Musician—Perspectives from a Jazz Pianist. The Bebop Harmonic Minor scale is a mode of the Bebop Major scale; and is also known as the Bebop Natural Minor scale (as listed in Mark Levine's The Drop 2 Book).

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