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    Chord Tone vs Scalar Approaches to improvising

    So that's where I've been going wrong.... lol cheers guys thats really helpful... I get the holistic approach that your talking about Yellowjacket, it's something I aspire to but I think for the moment the chord tone approach seems to be the way forward as I'm finding it quicker to use on the...
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    Chord Tone vs Scalar Approaches to improvising

    Hi guys, I've just started at music college and it seems that we're being pedalled two approaches to improvising bass lines (specifically in a jazz context). The first is termed the 'chord tone' approach where the basic arppeggio of the chord is taken as the staring point with the other notes...