Bebop Scales: 124 Bebop Scales and Their Application
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This course works with 124 Bebop scales but is also an overview of future courses. Bebop scales are some of the most commonly known octatonic scales and are one of the techniques used by jazz musician to create a “Bebop Sound.” They are used in a very specific way so they are in a special class of eight note scales. Most musicians are familiar with a small subset of Bebop scales. This course looks at the common Bebop scales as well as many more. You can see from the Table of Contents below that many aspects of Bebop scales are covered as well as an introduction to some of the future courses which cover; “Segmenting Bebop Scales” and Segmenting Bebop scales with Approaches.
The other courses mentioned above will really help you to see all the applications of Bebop scales and are very important concepts to grasp their full potentials. Overall this is a great course to get started learning Bebop Scales, understanding their use and seeing future ways that you can practice and apply them.
Table of Contents:
Bebop Scales
Common Bebop Scales
Course Breakdown
29 Octatonic Scales
Seventh Chords Continued
124 Bebop Scales
Chromatic Modes of Bebop Scales
Bebop Scales and Chords They Work Over
495 Eight Note Scales with Prime Form
How to Practice with this Course
Segmenting Bebop Scales; an introduction
Approaching Bebop Scales; an introduction
Going Beyond Bebop Scales
Diatonic Chords of Eight Note Scales; an introduction
Chord Tones and Available Tensions
Passing Diminished
Chords Derived from an Eight Note Scale; an introduction
Application of Eight Note Scales; an introduction
As you can see from the TOC this course goes explores Bebop Scales on a very deep level. It also includes references to Pitch Class Set Theory so that you can see how all scales are related back to the 29 Eight Note Scale Prime Forms.
List of Contents for the Bebop Scale Course:
95 Page PDF
All 495 Eight Note Scales in all keys 372 Pages with midi files.
Jam Tracks V1 (MP3’s of 10 chord types in all 12 keys)
ISBN: 978-1-59489-288-2
What people are saying:
Wow Bruce! 124 Bebop scales. You are blowing the top off this idea… I love this concept that looks at the traditional Bebop Scales but then shows you how you could expand this idea to songs composed in a more modern style. Looking forward to the future courses on this subject. B. Devon
This is a very heavy book! You could spend a lifetime learning all this information. I contacted Bruce and he recommended using this book to learn Bebop scales for 4 common chords: Major, Minor, Dominant, minor7b5 and then move on to the Segmenting Bebop Scales (learn same 4 Bebop Scales) then finally Segmenting Bebop Scales with Approaches. Makes sense because most tunes will have mostly those chords. K. George
Really appreciate how this course is laid out. There is the PDF giving you the information and history of segmenting Bebop Scales and then the extra folders with the exercises. I also like playing along with the midi files. I play and sing the melodies over a MetroDrone® which helps me with my ear training. F. Foster