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Actually When I do my scales on bass and guitar, I do them counter-clockwise, so YOU are correct! BUT when we pass a FIFTH around the Circle, we musicians do THAT clockwise! LOL

[pyx]

I think Bebop scales are musically interesting. I find them interesting because they are not Diatonic and to my own listening preference, music played on the DOWNBEAT has more ear candy. In a Diatonic scale, the rhythms used with a metronome when playing eight eighth notes in 4/4 time doesn't match up because, a major or minor scale only has seven notes. The addition of a "8th" note (actually its a passing tone) in a Bebop scale, allows the rhythms to match up or align with the notes in 4/4 time.

For example, playing a C Mixolydian (C major with an added Bb) over a C9 chord in 4/4, rhythmically matches a metronome on the DOWNBEAT (2 and 4). A C major Bebop scale would add a G# as the eighth note. With a metronome, the rhythms match up with the DOWNBEAT. Its just personal preference. YMMV