A♭ Harmonic Minor Bebop Scale

Jazz Scale

start by assigning your fingers to the first, second, third and fourth frets
on the third string play an A flat on the first fret using your first finger and an A on the second fret using your second finger
on the second string play a C on the first fret using your first finger, then shift your hand up one fret to play a D flat on the second fret using your first finger, an E flat on the fourth fret using your third finger and an E on the fifth fret using your fourth finger
on the first string play a G flat on the second fret using your first finger, a G on the third fret using your second finger and an A flat on the fourth fret using your third finger

A♭ Harmonic Minor BebopCAGED Scale Shapes

G Shape

E Shape

D Shape

C Shape

A Shape

Recommended Chords for an A♭ Harmonic Minor Bebop Scale

	Chord	Shared Notes
	A♭ Major 7th Guitar Chord	A♭, C, E♭, G
	A♭ Augmented Guitar Chord	A♭, C, E
	A♭ Major Guitar Chord	A♭, C, E♭
	A♭ 7th Guitar Chord	A♭, C, E♭, G♭
	A♭ Suspended Guitar Chord	A♭, D♭, E♭
	A♭ 7th sus4 Guitar Chord	A♭, D♭, E♭, G♭
	A Minor 7th Guitar Chord	A, C, E, G
	A Minor Guitar Chord	A, C, E
	C Major Guitar Chord	C, E, G
	C 6th Guitar Chord	C, E, G, A
	D♭ Minor (add9) Guitar Chord	D♭, E, A♭, E♭
	D♭ Minor, Major 7th Guitar Chord	D♭, E, A♭, C
	D♭ Diminished Guitar Chord	D♭, E, G
	D♭ Minor Guitar Chord	D♭, E, A♭
	D♭ Minor 9th, Major 7th Guitar Chord	D♭, E, A♭, C, E♭
	D♭ Suspended 2 Guitar Chord	D♭, E♭, A♭
	D♭ Suspended Guitar Chord	D♭, G♭, A♭
	E♭ Diminished Guitar Chord	E♭, G♭, A
	E♭ Diminished 7th Guitar Chord	E♭, G♭, A, C
	G♭ Minor 13th Guitar Chord	G♭, A, D♭, E, A♭, E♭
	G♭ Diminished Guitar Chord	G♭, A, C
	G♭ Minor Guitar Chord	G♭, A, D♭
	G♭ Minor 7th Guitar Chord	G♭, A, D♭, E
	G♭ Minor 6th Guitar Chord	G♭, A, D♭, E♭
	G♭ Minor (add9) Guitar Chord	G♭, A, D♭, A♭
	G♭ Diminished 7th Guitar Chord	G♭, A, C, E♭
	G♭ Minor 6th (add9) Guitar Chord	G♭, A, D♭, E♭, A♭
	G♭ Minor 9th Guitar Chord	G♭, A, D♭, E, A♭
	G♭ Suspended 2 Guitar Chord	G♭, A♭, D♭

Bebop harmonic minor scale

The bebop harmonic minor scale (or bebop natural minor scale, as listed in Mark Levine's The Drop 2 Book) is derived from the harmonic minor scale and has a chromatic passing tone (an additional ♭7) between the 6th and the 7th notes. It contains all of the notes of both the harmonic minor scale and the natural minor scale (Aeolian mode) of the same root. It can be used on all three chords of a minor ii–V–I progression. It is the seventh mode of the bebop major scale: for instance, the C bebop harmonic minor scale has the same pitches as the E♭ bebop major scale.

A♭ Harmonic Minor Bebop Scale

Jazz Scale

A♭ Harmonic Minor BebopCAGED Scale Shapes

Recommended Chords for an A♭ Harmonic Minor Bebop Scale

Notes in an A♭ Harmonic Minor Bebop Scale

Bebop harmonic minor scale