What You NEED To Know About Bebop Scales

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Video by Astrid Asmundsson

Cecil Alexander is an Assistant Professor of Guitar at Berklee College of Music and is now joining the Jazz Lesson Videos Team as a Jazz Gym Trainer! A few of Cecil's accolades include: Finalist in the 2019 Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz International Guitar Competition, 1st Place Winner of the 2017 Wilson Center Jazz Guitar Competition, 1st Place Winner 2018 Lee Ritenour Six String Theory Competition. Cecil has recorded/performed with Bill Charlap, Antonio Hart, Lee Pearson, Luis Perdomo, Nathan East, and Steve LaSpina.

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[JasperAtlasAmorphous]

I love you guys. Cecil is SUCH a beast of music in the best way and has a wonderful attitude when teaching. A truely masterful player. I appreciate your work so much - makes getting into bebop a beautiful journey!! Bless ya!

[skimanization]

This is a great lesson on bebop and it doesn't matter that I'm not a guitarist but a saxophonist I will definitely buy the Bebop Workbook. Thanks, Cecil.

[monava]

I love the video and the recap is super clear. You have such a relaxed feel.

[tylerleon]

I don’t even have my guitar with me right now. I’m just watching before bed because your voice is soothing, your instruction is masterful, and your tone/playing is heavenly

[Jamestele]

This is awesome. I feel like I just took a college class on playing Bebop. I love how you explain exactly what is going on in your lines, and more importantly, how to apply these concepts. I love the 57 Double Time Lines

[grantusguitar]

So its the major scale with the added flat fifth. Just the diatonic scale with the blues note?

[bozakarlin]

Excellent as always, thank you very much.

[robertsalles]

Typo mistake: on G altered Bebop Scale descending from the seventh you typed b11 instead of b6

[st.fiacre]

Lot of info condensed into a short video. Great lesson.

[bumbleshred]

As always, great lesson. I have just bought the pdf, it will be very useful to better understand the lines in Cecil's previous bebop books (standards etudes and double time lines, which are fantastic). I was familiar with the major and dominant bebop scales, but not the phrygian dominant so I have a lot of work to do ! I'm a bit surprised by the absence of a bebop scale derived from the melodic minor modes. In the double time lines book, Cecil seems to use the melodic minor scale on m7b5 and altered chords quite frequently. Does he see the altered scale in a different way ? Maybe as the phrygian bebop scale with non scale tones ? Thanks for this lesson !

[jasonkavanagh]

Thank you so much for this, it's amazingly helpful! Does the workbook include left hand fingerings? It's the bit I struggle most with bebop scales, particularly the major bebop scale. Thank you again!

[ChrisKopelakisfingerstyleg]

bravo and my respect for doing this-all the b/scales are 8 notes?please give us gtr/lsn about the great unique wes montgomery-thank you.***

[johnnyblue]

Nice job, Bro.
Grant Green must be smilin’ down upon ya.