Vlog #56 - Adding 1 Chromaticism to various scales

The idea is that we can insert a extra note into an already existing scale. That extra note will be a passing tone.
Let's take a C Major scale as an example:
C D E F G A B C
Let's now choose to insert a note in between G and A.
We now have:
C D E F G (G#) A B C
This is an 8-note scale, consisting of a Major Scale with an added raised 5th (#5).
We just created a BeBop Scale.
Notice that I'm saying "a" Bebop Scale, and not "the" Bebop Scale...
Instead of the G#, we could have added say, an F#:
C D E F (F#) G A B C
We now have another 8-note scale, consisting of a Major Scale with an added raised 4th (#4).
That scale is just another type of BeBop Scale.
Here are all the possible BeBop scales that may be generated by adding a chromaticism to a C Major Scale:
#5 C D E F G (G#) A B C (preferred Major BeBop scale)
#4 C D E F (F#) G A B C
#2 C D (D#) E F G A B C
#1 C (C#) D E F G A B C
The one scale which is labelled as "preferred" is mentioned by David Baker as the most desirable one over a Major 7th chord.
(You will also notice that some of the scales will sound better descending.)
Now, that very same concept may be applied to any other scale!
See here for an article on my website discussing various "Be Bop" Scales: www.brunojazz.c...
Again, anytime you are adding a passing tone to a scale or mode, you are creating a BeBop scale.
(You may also add more than just one note to a given scale, by the way.)
Feel free to respond, comment, agree, disagree, ask your own questions, and/or submit your thoughts on upcoming episodes.
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--Bruno

[@aodh5022]

Hi Bruno, sounding the chord and playing the scale with musical phrasing works best for me. I did scratch the surface with Barry Harris's half step approach, but left it aside for later when I have a bit more understanding ( too advanced for me in other words). I did find his "feeling the and" video very amusing. Looking forward to the next episode.

[@brunopelbac]

Aidan Gribbin What I present here is basically a simplified Barry Harris approach...

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