Chord Scales:
Upper Structures:
Tonic:
Imaj7 (Ionian) 1 T9 3 S4 5 T13 7
Im7 (Dorian) 1 T9 b3 T11 5 T13 b7
Im7 (Aeolian) 1 T9 b3 T11 5 Sb6 b7
Im7 (Phrygian) 1 Sb9 b3 T11 5 Sb6 b7
Im maj7 (Harmonic Minor) 1 T9 b3 T11 5 Sb6 7
Im maj7 (Melodic Minor) 1 T9 b3 T11 5 T13 7
IIm7 (Dorian - Phrygian) 1 Sb2 b3 T11 5 Sb6 b7
IIIm7 (Ionian - Phrygian) 1 Sb2 b3 T11 5 Sb6 b7
bIIImaj7 (Aeolian - Ionian) 1 T9 3 S4 5 T13 7
bIII+maj7 (Melodic Minor - Lydian Augmented) 1 T9 3 T#11
#5 S6 7
IV7 (Dorian - Mixolydian) 1 T9 3 S4 5 T13 b7
IV7 (Melodic Minor - Mixolydian #11) 1 T9 3 T#11 5 T13 b7
VIm7 (Ionian - Aeolian) 1 T9 b3 S4 5 Sb6 b7
VIm7b5 (Melodic Minor - Locrian Natural 9) 1 T9 b3 T11 b5
Tb13 b7
Subdominant:
bIImaj7 (Phrygian - Lydian) 1 T9 3 T#11 5 T13 7
IIm7 (Ionian - Dorian) 1 T9 b3 T11 5 T13 b7
IIm7b5 (Aeolian - Locrian) 1 Sb2 b3 T11 b5 Tb13 b7
IVmaj7 (Ionian - Lydian) 1 T9 3 T#11 5 T13 7
IVm7 (Aeolian - Dorian) 1 T9 b3 T11 5 T13 b7
bVImaj7 (Aeolian - Lydian) 1 T9 3 T#11 5 T13 7
Dominant:
V7 (Ionian - Mixolydian) 1 T9 3 S4 5 T13 b7
V7 (Harmonic/Melodic Minor - Altered Scale and Harmonic
Minor 5th degree add #9) 1 Tb9 T#9 3 S4 5 Tb13 b7
Vm7 (Aeolian - Phrygian) 1 Sb2 b3 T11 5 Sb6 b7
bVII7 (Aeolian - Mixolydian) 1 T9 3 S4 5 T13 b7
VIIm7b5 (Ionian - Locrian) 1 Sb2 b3 T11 b5 Sb6 b7
VIIO7 (Aeolian and Harmonic/Melodic Minor - Altered Scale
and Harmonic Minor) 1 Sb2 b3 Sb4 b5 Tb13 O7 T7
Secondary Dominant:
V/V (Mixolydian #11) 1 T9 3 T#11 5 T13 b7
V/IV (Mixolydian) 1 T9 3 S4 T13 b7
V/VI (Harmonic Minor 5th degree add #9) 1 Tb9 T#9 b3 S4 5
Tb13 b7
V/III (Harmonic Minor 5th degree add #9) 1 Tb9 T#9 b3 S4 5
Tb13 b7
V/II (Mixolydian b13) 1 T9 3 S4 5 Tb13 b7
V/II (Harmonic Minor 5th degree add #9) 1 Tb9 T#9 b3 S4 5
Tb13 b7
V/VII FAKE
SubV (Mixolydian #11) 1 T9 3 T#11 5 T13 b7
Major:
9 #11 13
#9 5 b7
#11 b7 b9
b13 1 #9
13 b9 3
Minor:
1 #9 5
b9 3 #5
#9 #11 b7
#11 13 b9
5 b7 9
13 1 3
Tensions:
maj7: 9, #11, 13 (#5)
m7: 9, 11, (13), (NO b9 or b13!)
V: b9, 9, #9, #11, 13, #5 (NO 11!)
m7b5: 9, 11 (NO b9, 13)
V chords can be substituted for another V as long as it has the
7(13)(b9) extensions
Altered (dominant) scale (V7 (-5) +alterations, Melodic Minor
7th degree): 1 b9 #9 3 #11 b13 b7
Relative bebop scale to chord type or function can be played
1 and 2 form chords that can alternate
Ionian bebop 1 2 3 4 5 b6 6 7
Dorian bebop 1 2 b3 3 4 5 6 b7
Dorian bebop 1 2 b3 4 5 6 b7 7
Phrygian bebop 1 b2 b3 4 5 b6 b7 7
Lydian bebop 1 2 3 #4 5 b6 6 7
Mixolydian/Dominant bebop 1 2 3 4 5 6 b7 7
Aeolian bebop 1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7 7
Locrian bebop 1 b2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7 7
Harmonic minor bebop 1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7 7
Melodic minor bebop 1 2 b3 4 5 b6 6 7
Auxiliary diminished chords: whole/half octatonic
Ascending diatonic diminished scale: 1 b2 #2 3 #4 5 6 7 (or
half/whole octatonic)
Descending diatonic diminished scale: 1 2 b3 4 b5 b6 bb7 7(or
whole/half octatonic)
Always uppercase roman numerals
Indicate inversion with arabic numerals
Related IIs don’t get brackets
Dominants that resolve deceptively in brackets
Solid arrows for 5th/4th root motion
Dashed arrows for semitone descending motion
Big band soli voicings: Keep 3s and 7s on bottom (then maybe
add upper structure), more chromatic parallelism, pentatonic
voicings?, fuck roots and fifths