1. Making sense of major and minor scales
2. Get acquainted with the 7 different modes
3. Work with pentatonic scales
4. Use scales and modes within a solo
5. Improvise on scales and modes
In the earlier sections, yo learned how to create solos based on the notes of a sno’gs chods.
Playing only chord tones can be somewhat limiting and in the wrong hands, can result in solos that sound more or less like arp exercises.
If you were to open up yur improv, you need to go beyond this chord based approach to embrace entie scales.
Key to playing scaled based solos: know your sales.
All of them.
Backward and forward and inside out.
Know which scales to play against which chords.
This section provides an intro to basic scale theory — how to construct the most common scales and use these scales to create great sounding solos.