Eb Bebop melodic minor
Melodic minor with a passing raised 5th; the eighth note evens out lines over minor chords.
Octaves
Musical context
How the scale relates to the chord, mode, key and progression.
Theory
General info
- Name
- Eb Bebop melodic minor
- Family
- Exotic scales
- Note count
- 8
- Step formula
- W – H – W – W – H – H – W – H
- Numeric formula
- 0-2-1-2-2-1-1-2-1
Notes & degrees
1Ebroot
2Fmajor 2nd
b3Gbminor 3rd
4Abperfect 4th
5Bbperfect 5th
#5Baug 5th
6Cmajor 6th
7Dmajor 7th
Construction
- Overview
- Melodic minor with a passing raised 5th; the eighth note evens out lines over minor chords.
- Application in music
- Passing #5 supplies an eighth degree for even bebop lines over minor and minor-major chords.
- Interval formula
- EbWFHGbWAbWBbHBHCWD
Tensions & resolutions
Stable degrees
IEbpoint of resttonic
IIIGbdefines modal qualitythird
VBbsupports the tonic sonorityfifth
Typical resolutions & tensions
VIIDD
IEbEb
In typical voice leading, the leading tone rises by semitone to tonic.
IIIGbGb
IVAbAb
In a dominant context, scale degree 4 normally descends by step to 3.
IEbEb
IIFF
Scale degree 2 may descend to tonic; the motion is especially close when degree 2 is lowered.
This scale on guitar 🎸
See how Eb Bebop melodic minor looks on guitar.
Circle of fifths
The major key on the same tonic and its neighbouring keys on the circle of fifths.
Connections
Practice
Keyboard Trainer
Reinforce it in practice — play and name notes on the interactive keyboard.