Guitar scale · exotic
E Bebop Dorian Scale
Dorian with a passing natural 3rd, giving eight notes so that chord tones fall on the beat.
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E Bebop Dorian 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|---------------------------------0-2-3-4-| B|-----------------------------2-3---------| G|---------------------0-1-2-4-------------| D|---------------0-2-4---------------------| A|---------0-2-4---------------------------| E|-0-2-3-4---------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------2-3-4-5-| B|-----------------------------3-5---------| G|-----------------------2-4-6-------------| D|---------------2-4-5-6-------------------| A|---------2-4-5---------------------------| E|-2-3-4-5---------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------4-5-7-| B|---------------------------5-7-8-------| G|---------------------4-6-7-------------| D|-------------4-5-6-7-------------------| A|-------4-5-7---------------------------| E|-4-5-7---------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------7-9-10-| B|--------------------------------8-9-10--------| G|-------------------------7-9-11---------------| D|------------------7-9-11----------------------| A|--------7-9-10-11-----------------------------| E|-7-9-10---------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------9-10-12-| B|---------------------------------------10-12---------| G|----------------------------9-11-12-13---------------| D|--------------------9-11-12--------------------------| A|---------9-10-11-12----------------------------------| E|-9-10-12---------------------------------------------|
How to play E Bebop Dorian on guitar
Find the root first: E is at fret 0 on the low E string and fret 7 on the A string. The blue notes on the diagram are every E 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 0–4. 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 | E |
| 2 | F# |
| ♭3 | G |
| 3 | G# |
| 4 | A |
| 5 | B |
| 6 | C# |
| ♭7 | D |
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Questions
- What notes are in the E Bebop Dorian Scale?
- The E Bebop Dorian Scale has 8 notes: E, F#, G, G#, A, B, C#, D.
- What is the formula of the bebop dorian scale?
- 1 2 ♭3 3 4 5 6 ♭7, which is the step pattern W H H H W W H W (W = whole step, H = half step).
- Where do I play E Bebop Dorian on the guitar?
- The root E is at fret 0 on the low E string and fret 7 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 0–4, and four more positions connect it up the neck.