David Baker has written three books on how to play bebop. This review will take a look at volume one.
The book consists of two parts. Part one begins with a brief background of the bebop scales and then begins with the bebop dominant scale. In the most basic terms the bebop scales takes a 7 note scale and adds an extra chromatic note. The addition of the extra chromatic note creates an 8 note scale with all of the chord tones occurring on the downbeats. Mr. Baker provides numerous examples of the following:
- Starting the scale on any note of the scale
- Bebop endings
- Extending the Bebop line
- Using enclosure ( adding a half step above the target chord note, a half step below the target chord note and then the chord note )
- Joining the bebop scale with other scales
- The bebop major scale
- An example Bebop Solo
Part two of the book is a scale syllabus.
If you are looking for a series of books with a serious study of the bebop scale you should consider this series.
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