Beginner Jazz Guitar Lick C Dominant Bebop Scale

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15 Responses to “Beginner Jazz Guitar Lick C Dominant Bebop Scale”

1. marcrothman says:

   January 27, 2012 at 2:46 pm

   Wiki:Bebop dominant scale

   The bebop dominant scale is derived from the Mixolydian mode and has a chromatic passing tone between the 7th and the root. This scale is often used over dominant 7th chords and ii V I chord progressions.

   ii-V-I in F would be Gmin7-C7-Fmaj7
   which have the notes F G A Bb C D E

   The scale to play over a V chord (C7 here) is C mixolydian which has the notes of F played from C to C which is C D E F G A Bb C.

   For bebop, add the note between the 7th and the root: the B.
2. metalhead326 says:

   January 27, 2012 at 2:48 pm

   @virtuosaywhat you got it, except the chromatic note is not in the standard mixo mode. the chromatic note makes it the bebop scale.
3. momotor says:

   January 27, 2012 at 3:09 pm

   I really like your tone. You mentioned you used Pocket Pod. Which amp model did you use? I wonder what your settings are. Thanks.
4. virtuosaywhat says:

   January 27, 2012 at 3:21 pm

   @malacoda25 (Continued) So that would mean you add a B to the mixolidian scale for a total of 8 tones not counting the octave. This helps the mixolidian mode align with 4/4 time signatures by keeping chord tones on downbeats.
   So, it technically IS in the key of F, but you would do better to know the chord tones of the chords – jazz guitarists (it would seem) try to avoid “playing in the key”, opting to play over the chord changes. Bebop scale is for that kind of playing.
5. virtuosaywhat says:

   January 27, 2012 at 3:51 pm

   @malacoda25
   (Someone who is more knowledgeable about this stuff correct me!).
   The C7 bebop scale (also called c dominant bebop scale) is derived from the fifth mode of the F major scale -
   An easier way to think of it is = look at an F major scale. It should be: (F)(G)(A)(Bb)(C)(D)(E)(F). Then, start on the note C, and for the mixolidian scale you would have: (C)(D)(E)(F)(G)(A)(Bb)(C). To get the mixolidian, you add a passing tone between the 7th of the mixolidian mode, and the octave.
6. retsofnalanosaj says:

   January 27, 2012 at 4:28 pm

   So normally you would play a C Major scale over a C Dominant 7th chord? The flat 7 is diatonic to C Mixolydian(F Major) and B is the passing tone, period. Why do you think it’s called a C DOMINANT Bebop scale?

   A ii V I in F is Gm-C7-F respectively, how do you get the key of C from that?
7. Hoopermazing says:

   January 27, 2012 at 4:46 pm

   The flat seven is there for the same reason that the flat 5 is in the blues scale, i.e. because it is ultimately African in origin and doesn’t conform perfectly to European diatonic scales.

   The Mixolydian mode has nothing to do with it.
8. retsofnalanosaj says:

   January 27, 2012 at 5:38 pm

   “B”…..is a passing tone in the C Mixolydian scale which is in fact from the key of F. It is the fifth mode of the major scale.

   C D E F G A Bb = F major scale starting on C

   C D E F G A Bb (B) = C Mixolydian mode with a passing tone aka the Dominant Bebop Scale.

   The passing tone is used to keep the chord tones of the scale on the downbeats when playing 8th note runs.
9. Hoopermazing says:

   January 27, 2012 at 6:14 pm

   C Mixolydian and C Dominant Bebop are not the same and the key of F has no “B.”
10. retsofnalanosaj says:

    January 27, 2012 at 6:44 pm

    C7 is in the key of F. It’s the V chord. This riff is based on the C mixolydian (scale/mode) which comes from the key of F.
11. malacoda25 says:

    January 27, 2012 at 6:49 pm

    why would you think that? the lick clearly starts on the C on the 8th fret of the high E string, and the chord he plays before the lick is a C7. plus the title of the video does say it’s a C scale.
12. jmsbk12345 says:

    January 27, 2012 at 7:38 pm

    So am I right, this is in the key of F?
13. martinlutherkingIII says:

    January 27, 2012 at 8:06 pm

    it’s a great lick, but the video is out of sink. I can’t download the tab because of my computer, but still great lick.
14. VideoGuitarLessons says:

    January 27, 2012 at 8:50 pm

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15. lionofzion1 says:

    January 27, 2012 at 8:52 pm

    thanks for sharing