How do you pronounce Bebop Scale?

Bebop Scale is pronounced "/ˈbiːbɒp skeɪl/".

Bebop Scale

A jazz scale that adds one chromatic passing note to a standard seven-note scale, ensuring chord tones fall on strong beats.

About Bebop Scale

The bebop scaleScaleAn ordered series of pitches ascending or descending by step.View full entry → is an ingenious practical invention of jazz musicians in the 1940s. By adding a single chromaticChromaticPertaining to notes outside the prevailing key or diatonic scale.View full entry → note to a major, dominantDominantThe fifth degree of a scale and the second most important tonal centre after the tonic.View full entry →, or minor scaleMinor ScaleA seven-note scale with a flattened third degree relative to the majorView full entry →, the scale gains eight notes instead of seven, which means that when played in continuous quavers, the chordChordThree or more notes sounded simultaneouslyView full entry → tones (root, thirdThirdAn interval spanning three diatonic scale degreesView full entry →, fifthFifthThe interval spanning five scale degrees, most commonly the perfect fifth.View full entry →, seventh) consistently land on the strong beats of each barBarA segment of music bounded by bar lines, containing a fixed number of beatsView full entry →.