Beginner Jazz Guitar Lick C Dominant Bebop Scale

[marcrothman]

Wiki:Bebop dominant scale

The bebop dominant scale is derived from the Mixolydian mode and has a chromatic passing tone between the 7th and the root. This scale is often used over dominant 7th chords and ii V I chord progressions.

ii-V-I in F would be Gmin7-C7-Fmaj7

which have the notes F G A Bb C D E

The scale to play over a V chord (C7 here) is C mixolydian which has the notes of F played from C to C which is C D E F G A Bb C.

For bebop, add the note between the 7th and the root: the B.

[momotor]

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[jmsbk12345]

So am I right, this is in the key of F?

[malacoda25]

why would you think that? the lick clearly starts on the C on the 8th fret of the high E string, and the chord he plays before the lick is a C7. plus the title of the video does say it's a C scale.

[retsofnalanosaj]

C7 is in the key of F. It's the V chord. This riff is based on the C mixolydian (scale/mode) which comes from the key of F.

[Hoopermazing]

C Mixolydian and C Dominant Bebop are not the same and the key of F has no "B."

[retsofnalanosaj]

"B".....is a passing tone in the C Mixolydian scale which is in fact from the key of F. It is the fifth mode of the major scale.

C D E F G A Bb = F major scale starting on C

C D E F G A Bb (B) = C Mixolydian mode with a passing tone aka the Dominant Bebop Scale.

The passing tone is used to keep the chord tones of the scale on the downbeats when playing 8th note runs.

[Hoopermazing]

The flat seven is there for the same reason that the flat 5 is in the blues scale, i.e. because it is ultimately African in origin and doesn't conform perfectly to European diatonic scales.

The Mixolydian mode has nothing to do with it.

[retsofnalanosaj]

So normally you would play a C Major scale over a C Dominant 7th chord? The flat 7 is diatonic to C Mixolydian(F Major) and B is the passing tone, period. Why do you think it's called a C DOMINANT Bebop scale?

A ii V I in F is Gm-C7-F respectively, how do you get the key of C from that?

[virtuosaywhat]

@malacoda25

(Someone who is more knowledgeable about this stuff correct me!).

The C7 bebop scale (also called c dominant bebop scale) is derived from the fifth mode of the F major scale -

An easier way to think of it is = look at an F major scale. It should be: (F)(G)(A)(Bb)(C)(D)(E)(F). Then, start on the note C, and for the mixolidian scale you would have: (C)(D)(E)(F)(G)(A)(Bb)(C). To get the mixolidian, you add a passing tone between the 7th of the mixolidian mode, and the octave.

[metalhead326]

@virtuosaywhat you got it, except the chromatic note is not in the standard mixo mode.  the chromatic note makes it the bebop scale.

[virtuosaywhat]

@malacoda25 (Continued) So that would mean you add a B to the mixolidian scale for a total of 8 tones not counting the octave. This helps the mixolidian mode align with 4/4 time signatures by keeping chord tones on downbeats.

So, it technically IS in the key of F, but you would do better to know the chord tones of the chords - jazz guitarists (it would seem) try to avoid "playing in the key", opting to play over the chord changes. Bebop scale is for that kind of playing.

[martinlutherkingIII]

it's a great lick, but the video is out of sink. I can't download the tab because of my computer, but still great lick.

[lionofzion1]

thanks for sharing

[VideoGuitarLessons]

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