SCALE REFERENCE

G♭ Bebop Dominant

G♭ – A♭ – B♭ – C♭ – D♭ – E♭ – F♭ – F1 2 3 4 5 6 b7 7

Also written F♯ Bebop Dominant — the same pitches spelled the other way.

Mixolydian with a chromatic passing note between the b7 and the root — the extra note keeps chord tones landing on the beat in a running eighth-note line.

Notes & degrees
G♭1A♭2B♭3C♭4D♭5E♭6F♭b7F7
NotesGb, Ab, Bb, Cb, Db, Eb, Fb, F
StepsW – W – H – W – W – H – H – H (W = whole, H = half)
Piano
C♭F♭FG♭A♭B♭D♭E♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eF♭FG♭A♭B♭C♭D♭E♭F♭BC♭D♭E♭F♭FG♭A♭B♭C♭GA♭B♭C♭D♭E♭F♭FG♭DE♭F♭FG♭A♭B♭C♭D♭AB♭C♭D♭E♭F♭FG♭A♭EF♭FG♭A♭B♭C♭D♭E♭F♭

Root notes are red. The full map of the scale on the guitar neck; the common box patterns are groups of these notes.

357912AB♭C♭D♭E♭F♭FG♭A♭EF♭FG♭A♭B♭C♭D♭E♭F♭CD♭E♭F♭FG♭A♭B♭C♭GA♭B♭C♭D♭E♭F♭FG♭

The same scale on a ukulele in standard G–C–E–A tuning.

Other scales on G♭

Core scales & modes

G♭ MajorG♭ Natural MinorG♭ Harmonic MinorG♭ Melodic MinorG♭ DorianG♭ PhrygianG♭ LydianG♭ MixolydianG♭ Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

G♭ Major PentatonicG♭ Minor PentatonicG♭ BluesG♭ Major Blues

Jazz & altered

G♭ Harmonic MajorG♭ Phrygian DominantG♭ Lydian DominantG♭ Altered

Symmetric

G♭ Whole ToneG♭ Diminished (Whole–Half)G♭ Diminished (Half–Whole)G♭ Augmented Scale

World & exotic

G♭ Hungarian MinorG♭ Double Harmonic MajorG♭ Neapolitan Minor
Bebop Dominant on another root
CC♯D♭DE♭EFF♯G♭GA♭AB♭B
Keep exploring

See the diatonic chords with audio in the Scale & Chord Finder, find where a key sits among the others on the Circle of Fifths, or start the free Cloud Atelier music guides.