{"id":18892,"date":"2019-01-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/main\/?p=18892"},"modified":"2024-10-05T05:47:02","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T13:47:02","slug":"elements-of-jazz-improvisation-scales-arpeggios-and-guide-tones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hearplaymain.wpenginepowered.com\/elements-of-jazz-improvisation-scales-arpeggios-and-guide-tones\/","title":{"rendered":"Elements Of Jazz Improvisation: Scales, Arpeggios, And Guide Tones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In today&#8217;s lesson, we&#8217;re focusing on scales, arpeggios, and guide tones.<\/p>\n<p>Believe it or not, most of what you hear jazz greats do can be broken down into scales, arpeggios, and guide tones.<\/p>\n<p>So, if you&#8217;re studying jazz improvisation and are looking for improvisational elements you need to take your improvisation to another level, search no further.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s get our hands on these improvisational elements and you&#8217;ll be good to go.<\/p>\n<h2><em>&#8220;So You Want To Improvise?&#8221;<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>A lot of students in the past have asked me: <em>&#8220;Dr. Pokey, What does it take to improvise?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The concept of improvisation is entirely different from the classical culture of music performance; where the composition is written before performance and is performed as written.<\/p>\n<p>In improvisation, you don&#8217;t compose before performance. Rather, composition is <em>spontaneously <\/em>done during performance.<\/p>\n<p>So, if you&#8217;re willing to improvise and do it effortlessly, then you must learn and master the melodic elements of improvisation.<\/p>\n<p>Although there may be more melodic elements of improvisation, we&#8217;ll be covering the top three elements in this lesson and on the top of the list is scales and this is because it&#8217;s practically impossible to improvise without scales.<\/p>\n<p>So, let&#8217;s take a look at the scale element.<\/p>\n<h2>The Scale Element<\/h2>\n<p>As a jazz improviser, one of your greatest assets should be scales. A broad understanding of chords and their compatible scales is priceless.<\/p>\n<p>For the C major seventh chord:<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;the following scales are compatible:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The C natural major scale:<\/p>\n<p>Th C Lydian scale:<\/p>\n<p>The C major bebop scale:<\/p>\n<p>The C major pentatonic scale:<\/p>\n<p>The D major pentatonic scale:<\/p>\n<p>The G major pentatonic scale:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>When these scales are applied in improvisation and are creatively combined using tons of rhythmic varieties, the outcome is mind-blowing.<\/p>\n<p>While there&#8217;s nothing wrong with improvising with the C natural major scale:<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;over the C major seventh chord:<\/p>\n<p>Having a variety of other compatible scales gives you options and broadens your spectrum.<\/p>\n<h2>The Arpeggio Element<\/h2>\n<h2>The Guide Tone Element<\/h2>\n<h2>Final Words<\/h2>\n<p>Most improvisational figures like licks, runs, etc., can be broken down to the three elements we covered in this blog:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Scales<\/p>\n<p>Arpeggios<\/p>\n<p>Guide tones<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In a subsequent lesson, we&#8217;ll take a closer look at each of these elements with practical examples as well. 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