Guitar scale · exotic
F# Bebop Dorian Scale
Dorian with a passing natural 3rd, giving eight notes so that chord tones fall on the beat.
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F# 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|---------------------------------2-4-5-6-| B|-----------------------------4-5---------| G|---------------------2-3-4-6-------------| D|---------------2-4-6---------------------| A|---------2-4-6---------------------------| E|-2-4-5-6---------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------4-5-6-7-| B|-----------------------------5-7---------| G|-----------------------4-6-8-------------| D|---------------4-6-7-8-------------------| A|---------4-6-7---------------------------| E|-4-5-6-7---------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------6-7-9-| B|---------------------------7-9-10-------| G|---------------------6-8-9--------------| D|-------------6-7-8-9--------------------| A|-------6-7-9----------------------------| E|-6-7-9----------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------9-11-12-| B|------------------------------------10-11-12---------| G|----------------------------9-11-13------------------| D|--------------------9-11-13--------------------------| A|---------9-11-12-13----------------------------------| E|-9-11-12---------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------11-12-14-| B|-------------------------------------------12-14----------| G|-------------------------------11-13-14-15----------------| D|----------------------11-13-14----------------------------| A|----------11-12-13-14-------------------------------------| E|-11-12-14-------------------------------------------------|
How to play F# Bebop Dorian on guitar
Find the root first: F# is at fret 2 on the low E string and fret 9 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 2–6. 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 | A |
| 3 | A# |
| 4 | B |
| 5 | C# |
| 6 | D# |
| ♭7 | E |
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Questions
- What notes are in the F# Bebop Dorian Scale?
- The F# Bebop Dorian Scale has 8 notes: F#, G#, A, A#, B, C#, D#, E.
- 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 F# Bebop Dorian on the guitar?
- The root F# is at fret 2 on the low E string and fret 9 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 2–6, and four more positions connect it up the neck.