The B Dominant Bebop Scale shown on a piano keyboard: B, C#, D#, E, F#, G#, A, A#, B.
The B Dominant Bebop scale contains eight notes: B, C♯, D♯, E, F♯, G♯, A, and A♯. It follows the whole-step / half-step pattern W-W-H-W-W-H-H-H.
B Dominant Bebop Scale Notes
Degree
Name
Note
Interval
1
Root
B
P1
2
Major 2nd
C♯
M2
3
Major 3rd
D♯
M3
4
Perfect 4th
E
P4
5
Perfect 5th
F♯
P5
6
Major 6th
G♯
M6
♭7
Minor 7th
A
m7
7
Major 7th
A♯
M7
8
Octave
B
P8
Key Signature
The B Dominant Bebop Scale doesn’t line up with a single major or minor key, so it has no standard key signature. Its notes are written with accidentals as needed.
Accidentals
C♯D♯F♯G♯A♯
B Dominant Bebop Scale — Frequently Asked Questions
What are the notes of the B Dominant Bebop Scale on piano?
The B Dominant Bebop Scale uses the notes B – C♯ – D♯ – E – F♯ – G♯ – A – A♯ – B. Play them in order from the root up to the octave, hands separately first, then together.
What notes are in the B Dominant Bebop Scale?
The B Dominant Bebop Scale contains eight notes: B – C# – D# – E – F# – G# – A – A#. The notes table above shows each note with its scale degree and interval from the root.
How many sharps or flats does B Dominant Bebop have?
The B Dominant Bebop Scale doesn't correspond to a single major or minor key, so it has no standard key signature. Its notes are written with accidentals as needed: C♯, D♯, F♯, G♯, A♯.
What does the B Dominant Bebop Scale sound like?
The B Dominant Bebop Scale has a distinctive sound shaped by its specific interval pattern. Listen to the audio playback above to hear the character on every note.
Keep going with the Dominant Bebop scale — these pages cover the underlying theory, the connected reference material, and the practice tools that work with this scale.
The note names, intervals, fingering, and harmony on this scale page are grounded in the following sources. Public domain treatises and scores are linked to their full text; primary data reflects piano.org's own interval-derived dataset.
