In theory, you can add any additional chromatic passing note to a standard 7 note (Heptatonic) scale and create your own quasi-‘Bebop Scale’. The Minor scales on the piano are slightly different from major scales. However, there’s no reason to restrict yourself to these particular extra chromatic passing notes. He settled on the above chromatic notes and created the above scales. The descending structure is the same as for the natural form of the minor. He called them this because he noticed many Jazz musicians from the Bebop Era (Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Christian, Bud Powell, etc.) inserted an extra chromatic passing note when playing scalar runs. The intervallic structure of the melodic form of the A minor scale (ascending). The scale ‘fits’ better over a 4/4 time signature because there are 8 quavers per bar & 8 notes per scale.įor example, let’s compare a Mixolydian scalar run to a Bebop Dominant scalar run:īebop scales were ‘created’ (or at least ‘named’) by a Jazz composer called David Baker. Better align the number of notes in the scale to the number of beats in a bar.The upper row represents the fingering for the right hand and the bottom row represents the fingering for the left hand. Better emphasise the harmonically important notes ( Chords Tones) during descending scalar runs, by playing the chord tones ON the beat. Melodic Minor Scales In the bellow example you will see two rows of numbers that represent fingerings.A diatonic scale has 7 notes ( this is just a fact rather than a generalisation)īy adding an extra chromatic note, Bebop scales are able to:.Notes played ON the beat sound stronger than notes played OFF the beat.
Most improvised scalar runs are in quavers (therefore 8 notes per bar).The most commonly used Bebop Scales are listed below. Bebop scales = Traditional scales + 1 chromatic passing note.Bebop Scales are just your regular scales and modes – such as the Major, melodic minor, Dorian and Mixolydian – but with an added chromatic note. So: Piano Piano Scales & Arpeggios Scales & Arpeggios ABRSM Initial Grade GradeIn e W ABRSM’s revamped Piano Scales Trainer app is an all-in-one companion for practising scales, covering all the requirements at Grades 15 from the new syllabus.
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