• Piano fingerings for all Bop Scales

The Complete Guide To Bop Scales

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The essential guide to one of the most powerful tools in jazz improvisation

The Complete Guide to Bop Scales demystifies the theory behind Bop Scales, breaking it down into clear, practical concepts—perfect for both beginners and experienced players.

What’s Inside

• Applied exercises over standards and common chord progressions

I wish I had a book like this while I was studying. This book closed a huge gap in my playing

—Jack Finlayson

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Expanding on the methods of Barry Harris and David Baker, this book will help you:

  • Apply and vary Bop Scales across standard tunes
  • Build melodies using Bop Scale vocabulary
  • Create harmonic sequences from Bop Scales

“This book gave me a system for playing bebop that actually makes sense.”

—Blair Bailey

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About The aUTHOR

Jacob Thompson is a Canadian jazz pianist, composer, and educator. He holds a Bachelor of Jazz Performance from the University of Toronto and has studied with Canadian jazz luminaries Gary Williamson and David Restivo.

With over a decade of international performance and teaching experience—including concerts on all seven continents—he brings a deep, practical understanding of bebop—refined into a method that works.

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