Bebop Scales

[bobbystern]

Here's a new blog post with a free downloadable pdf pertaining to the Bebop Scale, as well as the 6th / Diminished Scale concept.

Thanks for checking it out!

[Turkle]

Hi, I thought this was great, and I'll be shedding that pattern (in both its major and minor forms) this afternoon.

I like that you highlighted the connection between the b9 in the dominant and the b6 in the major bebop scale. When writing new licks to shed I often try to create connections between color notes on two succeeding chords. For instance, the natural-7 color note over the Dorian minor becomes the #11 on the dominant, which is a b9 over the major. Or the nasty #5/b6 over the dominant becomes the #9/b3 over the major. I think that creating those kinds of connections of color notes across two or three chords lets the improviser "imply" a minor over a dominant or the dominant over the major, which lets the player sort of "stretch" the form of a tune without actually playing outside the changes. It sounds totally natural to the listener's ears if you have used that color note in a lick over a previous chord, lending a sort of modal approach to the thing, if that makes any sense.

Anyway, just some thoughts over my morning coffee. Thanks for another entertaining post.
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[lakejw]

Nice post, thank you.
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[bobbystern]

Hey Turkle - sounds like you mean something like a Pentatonic b2 (Eb-E-G-Bb-C) with C heard as the root (C7#9) which gives you that Maj/ min blues coloration. It's been mastered by the masters and you can find 4 of them in each Diminished Scale. I love that sound, myself..