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A question about Jazz scales/improv?
I'm a really good guitar player and i love playing jazz. But it just hit me a couple days ago. Ive been playing jazz for 3 years now, and listening to jazz for 1. It took me til just now to realize that it seems like nobody outside of Fusion uses the blues scale. I've been using the blues scale for EVERY single jazz song ive ever played in my life. I just realized this problem. Could somebody please post an article, or explain more about jazz scales related to chords and genres? Thanks in advance
4 Answers
- pianojazz manLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
use chord scales to improvise with
every chord type has a scale to use with that chord
Cmaj7 chord scale= C D E F# G A B
Dm7 chord scale= D E F G A C
G7 chord scale= G Ab A Bb B C# D Eb E F
- 1 decade ago
Yeah they use the major and minor scales in jazz. You're right, theres not much blues/pentatonic scale soloing in jazz unless its fusion like Al Di Meola or John McLaughlin. Check out Wes Montgomery, Django Reinhardt, Pat Metheny, Charlie Christian for some examples of some really good jazz solos and all around great guitar playing.
- 1 decade ago
You need to learn some basic jazz harmony that employs old church modes to a given scale. Very briefly, when using only the white notes on a piano, C-C is the familiar major mode called Ionian and can be used when soloing over the tonic Imaj7, D-D is Dorian and used over the IImin7, E-E is Phrygian used over IIImin7, F-F is Lydian used over IVmaj7, G-G is Mixolydian used over V7, A-A is natural minor a.k.a. Aeolian used over VImin7, and B-B is Locrian used over VIImin7b5. THere are several tutorials on YouTube on modes and I suggest you check them out to get you going. Soooo much more than what I just wrote, but it will get you going. There's a much bigger world out there other than major and minor. Good luck!
- 1 decade ago
sound out easy ideas from "kind of blue" album by miles davis- then go to the more difficult ones.
do this with any CD you like- you'll figure out what patterns, scales and arpegios they are using.
