If you play Jazz Guitar then you will often be confronted with learning and practicing scales. The major scale, pentatonic scale or a jazz scale like melodic minor.
A big part of the vocabulary and the material that you use when you are improvising is linked to scales in some form or other and it is common to practice scales on a daily basis.
But of course, you want to also make sure that you can actually make music with it and think a little bit about how and what you practice
Content:
0:00 Intro
0:23 Jazz and Scales – What you Need and How to Learn It
1:00 #1 Learn To Play The Scale
1:07 Start with a Scale Position
1:47 How To Play The Scale – what is important
2:26 Connecting Positions
2:52 Next Level After Positions
3:26 #2 Music Theory
3:40 Learn The Notes(!)
4:14 The Basic Things You Need To Know
4:50 Finding the material available with Music Theory
6:08 #3 Making Music With The Scale
6:11 It’s not all exercises
7:23 Cmaj7 in G major example
8:14 Cmaj7(#11) identifying triads that are good upper-structures9:00 Like the video? Check out my Patreon Page
How To Learn and Practice Scales for Jazz Guitar
How do you practice and learn scales for Jazz Guitar? These videos go over different approaches and practice strategies with exercises for scale practice.
When you learn a scale on guitar because you want to use it to play jazz guitar and improvise then there are many things you need to know and some things that can make your practice more efficient. These videos will give you ideas on how to work on this and build a scale practice routine or strategy that fits your way of working.
You can check out more information over this topic in this playlist:
How To Learn and Practice Scales for Jazz Guitar
Get a free E-book
If you want to download a Free E-book of 15 II Valt I licks then subscribe to my newsletter:
Get the PDF!
The PDF with examples for this video is available through Patreon. You can check out my Patreon Page here: https://www.patreon.com/jenslarsen
Jazz Guitar Insiders Facebook Group
Join 1500+ Other Jazz Guitarists 🎸Join us in the Facebook Jazz Guitar Group Community: http://bit.ly/InsidersFBGroup
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions for topics then please let me know. Leave a comment on the video or send me an e-mail. That is the best way for me to improve my lessons and make them fit what you are searching for.
Please subscribe to my YouTube channel and feel free to connect with me via Instagram