Guitar scale · exotic
C# Bebop Dominant Scale
8-note scale adding a major 7th passing tone to Mixolydian for seamless downbeat chord tones.
Notes C#D#E#F#G#A#BB#
Formula 1 2 3 4 5 6 ♭7 7
Steps W W H W W H H H
Mood Swinging, Fluid, Classic Bebop
Heard in Charlie Parker lines, Jazz Guitar Solos
STR OP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 E A D G B E
Tap any note to hear it.
C# Bebop Dominant Scale tab: all 5 positions
Each tab climbs from the low E string to the high e string. Play it up, then back down.
e|----------------------------------------------9-11-13-| B|-------------------------------------11-12-13---------| G|----------------------------10-11-13------------------| D|-----------------9-10-11-13---------------------------| A|---------9-11-13--------------------------------------| E|-9-11-13----------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------11-13-14-| B|----------------------------------------12-13-14----------| G|-------------------------------11-13-15-------------------| D|----------------------11-13-15----------------------------| A|----------11-13-14-15-------------------------------------| E|-11-13-14-------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------13-14-16-| B|-------------------------------------------14-16----------| G|-------------------------------13-15-16-17----------------| D|----------------------13-15-16----------------------------| A|----------13-14-15-16-------------------------------------| E|-13-14-16-------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------16-18-19-20-| B|-------------------------------------------18-19-------------| G|-------------------------------16-17-18-20-------------------| D|----------------------16-18-20-------------------------------| A|-------------16-18-20----------------------------------------| E|-16-18-19-20-------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------18-19-20-21-| B|-------------------------------------------19-21-------------| G|----------------------------------18-20-22-------------------| D|----------------------18-20-21-22----------------------------| A|-------------18-20-21----------------------------------------| E|-18-19-20-21-------------------------------------------------|
How to play C# Bebop Dominant on guitar
Find the root first: C# is at fret 9 on the low E string and fret 4 on the A string. The blue notes on the diagram are every C# on the neck; the gold ones are the rest of the scale's home chord (3, 5, ♭7), the safest notes to land on at the end of a phrase.
Learn it one box at a time. Position 1, the E shape, sits at frets 9–13. Once it's under your fingers, move to position 2 (the D shape) and play the notes the two boxes share, then keep going up the neck. After all five, the scale joins up into one pattern across the whole fretboard.
Degrees
| Degree | Note |
|---|---|
| 1 | C# |
| 2 | D# |
| 3 | E# |
| 4 | F# |
| 5 | G# |
| 6 | A# |
| ♭7 | B |
| 7 | B# |
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Questions
- What notes are in the C# Bebop Dominant Scale?
- The C# Bebop Dominant Scale has 8 notes: C#, D#, E#, F#, G#, A#, B, B#.
- What is the formula of the bebop dominant scale?
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 ♭7 7, which is the step pattern W W H W W H H H (W = whole step, H = half step).
- Where do I play C# Bebop Dominant on the guitar?
- The root C# is at fret 9 on the low E string and fret 4 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 9–13, and four more positions connect it up the neck.
Bebop Dominant Scale in every key
More scales in C#
C# Major C# Minor C# Minor Pentatonic C# Major Pentatonic C# Blues C# Major Blues C# Dorian C# Phrygian C# Lydian C# Mixolydian C# Locrian C# Harmonic Minor C# Phrygian Dominant C# Melodic Minor C# Lydian Dominant C# Lydian Augmented C# Altered C# Whole Tone C# Half-Whole Diminished C# Whole-Half Diminished C# Hungarian Minor C# Dorian b2 C# Mixolydian b6 C# Locrian Natural 2 C# Locrian Natural 6 C# Ionian #5 C# Ukrainian Dorian C# Lydian #2 C# Ultralocrian C# Harmonic Major C# Dorian b5 C# Lydian b3 C# Double Harmonic Major C# Oriental C# Neapolitan Minor C# Neapolitan Major C# Augmented C# Bebop Major C# Bebop Dorian C# Yo C# Hirajoshi C# In C# In Sen C# Iwato C# Phrygian b4 C# Mixolydian b2 C# Lydian Augmented #2 C# Locrian bb7 C# Lydian #2 #6 C# Ultraphrygian C# Ionian Augmented #2 C# Locrian bb3 bb7 C# Leading Whole Tone C# Major Locrian C# Lydian Dominant b6 C# Hungarian Major C# Persian C# Enigmatic C# Prometheus C# Tritone C# Bebop Melodic Minor C# Bebop Harmonic Minor C# Egyptian Pentatonic C# Man Gong