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E Bebop Harmonic Minor Scale
Harmonic minor with a passing ♭7 between the ♭6 and the 7, giving eight notes.
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E Bebop Harmonic Minor 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-| B|---------------------------1-3-4-------| G|---------------------0-2-4-------------| D|-------------0-1-2-4-------------------| A|-------0-2-3---------------------------| E|-0-2-3---------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------2-3-5-| B|---------------------------3-4-5-------| G|---------------------2-4-5-------------| D|---------------2-4-5-------------------| A|-------2-3-5-6-------------------------| E|-2-3-5---------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------5-7-8-| B|---------------------------5-7-8-------| G|-------------------4-5-7-8-------------| D|-------------4-5-7---------------------| A|-------5-6-7---------------------------| E|-5-7-8---------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------7-8-10-11-| B|----------------------------------8-10-----------| G|-------------------------7-8-9-11----------------| D|------------------7-9-10-------------------------| A|-----------7-9-10--------------------------------| E|-7-8-10-11---------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------10-11-12-| B|-------------------------------------10-12-13----------| G|-----------------------------9-11-12-------------------| D|------------------9-10-12-13---------------------------| A|----------9-10-12--------------------------------------| E|-10-11-12----------------------------------------------|
How to play E Bebop Harmonic Minor 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 |
| 4 | A |
| 5 | B |
| ♭6 | C |
| ♭7 | D |
| 7 | D# |
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Questions
- What notes are in the E Bebop Harmonic Minor Scale?
- The E Bebop Harmonic Minor Scale has 8 notes: E, F#, G, A, B, C, D, D#.
- What is the formula of the bebop harmonic minor scale?
- 1 2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7 7, which is the step pattern W H W W H W H H (W = whole step, H = half step).
- Where do I play E Bebop Harmonic Minor 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.