Reading & Playing Bebop Bass Scales in G Flat (Gb)

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RYAN LARSON: So now, we're going to show you how to walk some bebop through that scale. Now, the only problem we encounter is we have a seven-note scale: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and then we hit 1 on our 8th note. But we want to hit 1 on our ninth note because we're going to have two even bars of four. So we're going to have 1-2-3-4, 1-2-3-4 and then we want to hit that on 1. So what bebop has to do is they throw a chromatic note in there to make it even and you can just land on 1 on the downbeat. So here's an example. So 1-2-3-4, 1-2-3-4-1. Notice how I landed on the 1 again. So I added in this chromatic note. Now, I'm adding in this chromatic note. So by using chromatics and just having your root note as the note that you're aiming for, you just always aim through and just find some nice, smooth notes to lead into it. Of course, it's an art but you only get better with time. But as you keep doing it, you'll start seeing how it moves together logically and how you can move around that scale and put in some passing tones and just bebop it up.

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