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G Bebop Major Scale
Major scale with a passing ♯5 (♭6) between the 5th and the 6th, giving eight notes so that chord tones fall on the beat.
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G Bebop Major 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|---------------------------------3-5-7-| B|---------------------------4-5-7-------| G|---------------------4-5-7-------------| D|---------------4-5-7-------------------| A|-------3-5-6-7-------------------------| E|-3-5-7---------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------5-7-8-| B|-----------------------------7-8-------| G|---------------------5-7-8-9-----------| D|---------------5-7-9-------------------| A|-------5-6-7-9-------------------------| 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|-------------------------------------------------10-11-12-14-| B|-------------------------------------------12-13-------------| G|----------------------------------11-12-14-------------------| D|----------------------10-12-13-14----------------------------| A|-------------10-12-14----------------------------------------| E|-10-11-12-14-------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------12-14-15-| B|----------------------------------------13-15-16----------| G|-------------------------------12-14-16-------------------| D|-------------------12-13-14-16----------------------------| A|----------12-14-15----------------------------------------| E|-12-14-15-------------------------------------------------|
How to play G Bebop Major on guitar
Find the root first: G is at fret 3 on the low E string and fret 10 on the A string. The blue notes on the diagram are every G 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 3–7. 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 | G |
| 2 | A |
| 3 | B |
| 4 | C |
| 5 | D |
| ♯5 | D# |
| 6 | E |
| 7 | F# |
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Questions
- What notes are in the G Bebop Major Scale?
- The G Bebop Major Scale has 8 notes: G, A, B, C, D, D#, E, F#.
- What is the formula of the bebop major scale?
- 1 2 3 4 5 ♯5 6 7, which is the step pattern W W H W H H W H (W = whole step, H = half step).
- Where do I play G Bebop Major on the guitar?
- The root G is at fret 3 on the low E string and fret 10 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 3–7, and four more positions connect it up the neck.