Beginner Jazz Guitar Lick C Dominant Bebop Scale
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> For bebop, add the note between the 7th and the root: the B.
Yes, it's just a chromatic passing tone -- but it makes the lines flow much better (esp. descending).
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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.
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@virtuosaywhat you got it, except the chromatic note is not in the standard mixo mode. the chromatic note makes it the bebop scale.
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@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.
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(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.
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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?
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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.
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"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.
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C Mixolydian and C Dominant Bebop are not the same and the key of F has no "B."
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