DON'T Use Scales, Do THIS Instead!

[@vivsavagex]

when i had a new student interested in jazz. one of the first things we would do is pick a standard they know and have them improvise on it using only the triad notes of each chord (could use approach/enclosures if they know them). the amount of student who could NOT do this meanwhile they know all the modes in every position was incredibly illuminating to me. how can you expect to use the altered dom scale effectively when you cant play competently with just the 3 most important notes in the chords? im so glad teachers are getting hip to the fact that scales are doing a lot of damage to players when not introduced and taught effectively. scales are a road map for your fingers they should not be used to derive melody.

[@ChaseMaddox]

Absolutely! Been saying this for a LONG time. Thanks for watching 🙏

[@maxjackson8746]

Ben, you are right. For years I practiced scales with minimal satisfactory results. With CGA I have learned to use scales or part of scales to advantage.

[@BirdsOfAFeather702]

Thanks for your examples!

[@ChaseMaddox]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for the support! 🙏

[@stringbender57]

This is exactly what I have been looking for! My lines are almost all ascending and predictable. You are an excellent instructor. I am an Ibanez fan and love your guitar. You get a great tone from it. Now subbed...

[@ChaseMaddox]

Really glad you found the lesson helpful 🙏

[@gumdocga]

In the event you get bitten by the gear bug, I just wanted you to know, probably 20 years ago, I bought the exact same guitar you have. Same color, same wood, same everything. Beautiful wood too! Anyway, many years and many guitars later, some of which are custom jazz boxes, that Ibanez is still one of my very favorites. Keep up the good work.

[@ChaseMaddox]

Love this guitar 🤘I’ve got some other gear recently but usually only for a gig that required that.

[@kburson2008]

Chase, Thank you! This is so helpful. How long will you let your hair grow. 🙂

[@ChaseMaddox]

Glad to hear it! That's a great question I do not have an answer for!

[@scott-cu6pg]

Excellent Master!!!

[@ChaseMaddox]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@JohnGriffith-w2w]

Musicians ! Pay attention! This is the good stuff! Listen to this post far more! Enjoy! 😎🎸

[@ChaseMaddox]

Thanks for that! 👍

[@tasukany]

Whoa. Such clarity. Thank you.

[@ChaseMaddox]

Glad it was helpful!

[@maxjackson8746]

Another highly relevant video. Whenever I view one of your videos, I am left wanting more. It is thrilling to follow your path into the jazz guitar world we all love. Thanks.

[@ChaseMaddox]

Thanks Max! 🤘🤘

[@mjplanet2902]

Very good toolbox to spice up solos - thank you for the inspiration !

[@ChaseMaddox]

My pleasure!

[@mycroft174]

tremendously helpful video sir

[@ChaseMaddox]

Glad to hear that!

[@stephenwalker850]

Ah quite like practicing scales , particularly when Ahm stoned and can’t really be arsed thinking of something else

[@kevinmaddox]

Another awesome lesson 🤘

[@ChaseMaddox]

Thank you! 🙏

[@glennScharaga-oh2hi]

Robert Conti has been teaching no modescno scales for almost 60 years. He’s the original.!

[@laphrase1]

Thanks Chase

[@ChaseMaddox]

My pleasure 👍

[@stoolio14]

This is great!

[@ChaseMaddox]

Thanks Shawn!

[@stevengrinold7631]

Great lesson Chase. Any musical ideas to be less scalar are good ideas! Thanks

[@ChaseMaddox]

Thanks! Hope it helps!

[@ize1000009]

Just play the Chord tones, and whatever inbetween. Scales just give 3 more note ideas, that's it.

[@bozakarlin9034]

Little secrets of the great masters, thank you.

[@ChaseMaddox]

Thanks for watching!

[@ZackAuslander]

Yeah Chase!!

[@ChaseMaddox]

Thanks Zack!

[@ramroid]

Huh?? Change direction… hmmm 🤔 makes sense

[@thesuncollective1475]

I like, I do it but was not sure if it was ok. Thx

[@ChaseMaddox]

Thanks for watching! 👍

[@jellewils3974]

WE'VE ALL BEEN LIED TOOO!!!!🤣🤣🤣

[@ChaseMaddox]

Hahaha

[@JoeDeCarlo-km9nf]

Scales are only a tool. Running up and down scales when you improvise would be like trying to give a speech by using random words.

[@ChaseMaddox]

But people do start soloing like that!

[@JoeDeCarlo-km9nf]

@@ChaseMaddox yes unfortunately, and as soon as a person realizes that, that’s the time to start learning melodies and using the scale I look at scales the way I would look at the alphabet for words. It’s just a bunch of letters… It has no meaning until you put them together correctly, depending on the meaning or point trying to be made. Much like the alphabet is for words, scales are for improvising. But in and of themselves, they are means to an end unless there’s melodic structure. Scales are a group of notes that spell out a specific harmonic/melodic structure much like a group of words can make a sentence. But there has to be structure. In the beginning, that’s the way it is, but the thing that separates those who move way beyond into advanced improvising is because they no longer think about scales, they think about melodies If you think about a melody, it always fits the song. Great players know how to create different melodies within the same structure. One thing I think most players would agree, is that when you actually Melody, it’s not about scales. It’s about the correct notes with the correct fingering. And that’s the point I think we need to learn how to play, and use the scales, without sounding like we are using scales But it all depends if you listen to hard-core bebop it literally sounds like they are running down scales, because that’s what they are doing. The real art there, though, is that they can switch scales on the fly and change keys on a dim

[@armando534]

👍

[@ChaseMaddox]

🤘

[@stephenwalker850]

Let’s have it right most guitar players are boring , just ask their partners