Guitar scale · exotic
F Bebop Harmonic Minor Scale
Harmonic minor with a passing ♭7 between the ♭6 and the 7, giving eight notes.
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F 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|---------------------------------1-3-4-| B|---------------------------2-4-5-------| G|---------------------1-3-5-------------| D|-------------1-2-3-5-------------------| A|-------1-3-4---------------------------| E|-1-3-4---------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------3-4-6-| B|---------------------------4-5-6-------| G|---------------------3-5-6-------------| D|---------------3-5-6-------------------| A|-------3-4-6-7-------------------------| E|-3-4-6---------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------6-8-9-| B|---------------------------6-8-9-------| G|-------------------5-6-8-9-------------| D|-------------5-6-8---------------------| A|-------6-7-8---------------------------| E|-6-8-9---------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------8-9-11-12-| B|-------------------------------------9-11-----------| G|---------------------------8-9-10-12----------------| D|-------------------8-10-11--------------------------| A|-----------8-10-11----------------------------------| E|-8-9-11-12------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------11-12-13-| B|----------------------------------------11-13-14----------| G|-------------------------------10-12-13-------------------| D|-------------------10-11-13-14----------------------------| A|----------10-11-13----------------------------------------| E|-11-12-13-------------------------------------------------|
How to play F Bebop Harmonic Minor on guitar
Find the root first: F is at fret 1 on the low E string and fret 8 on the A string. The blue notes on the diagram are every F 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 1–5. 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 | F |
| 2 | G |
| ♭3 | Ab |
| 4 | Bb |
| 5 | C |
| ♭6 | Db |
| ♭7 | Eb |
| 7 | E |
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Questions
- What notes are in the F Bebop Harmonic Minor Scale?
- The F Bebop Harmonic Minor Scale has 8 notes: F, G, Ab, Bb, C, Db, Eb, E.
- 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 F Bebop Harmonic Minor on the guitar?
- The root F is at fret 1 on the low E string and fret 8 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 1–5, and four more positions connect it up the neck.