This question comes up again and again: “How do I practice the major scale” and it is important to get this right so you don’t waste time working on scales or miss important exercises. In this video, I am going to show you what I think you should include in your practice and also show you why with some musical examples. You want to get this right and not waste your time with this aspect of your routine so that you have time to learn to play as well and practicing this way will give you vocabulary too. I will also talk about why I find bebop scales to be a waste of time and bad for your creativity.
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Practice Major Scales like this and You will get more out of it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXIJdBWNyVQ&list=PLWYuNvZPqqcG_YgSiib6TzQ1sSupO84zf
The Most Important Scale Exercise In Jazz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ze22BNftAA&list=PLWYuNvZPqqcFpoIE_ZZirjiWOp84yYbAS&index=10&t=0s
Joe Pass – From the Vault: https://open.spotify.com/album/6RRyVVMofYvprSf4fJViho?si=3w9kvUXzQGihQNsfwIzr4g
Content:
0:00 Intro
0:40 Basic Scale – Positions and systems are not that important
1:39 CAGED, Berklee, 3NPS?
1:59 What Types of exercises
2:24 Diatonic 7th Chord Arpeggios – Here’s Why!
3:27 Examples from Joe Pass and Kurt Rosenwinkel
4:44 Diatonic Triads
5:01 Pat Metheny and Grant Green
6:25 Diatonic 3rds – Make it more playable
7:23 Adding Chromatic Passing Notes to your exercises and vocabulary
8:00 Bebop Scales – Be Creative not Systematic
8:56 Add some variation and open up your playing with All the other things
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