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I've been using this lately and it gives you a different approach.
Been doing it for a couple weeks now over jazz tunes and I'm getting some new lines from it. Can only play slowly so far but it sounds nice in a chord melody type way. Real purty. You need to think of several things at the same time.
I'm kind of meshing drop 2 chords, full jazz chords and underlying major scale notes and melody.
I have always admired guitarists who can seamlessly combine chords, melody, and improvisation while playing like Kenny Burrell or Joe Pass.
Originally Posted by Jimmy James
I think I´m seeing some real development in my skill in connecting different chords when improvising over changes. At first, it tended to sound a bit `dry´, but nowadays my lines are a lot more melodic. If only I could play as well in jam sessions as I do in the comfort of my own home. I remember reading some Metheny interview where he said that learning to improvise using chord tones should be the first step of any improviser.
What kind of a hat would be best suited for playing jazz?
What kind of a hat would be best suited for playing jazz?
I wasn't quite sure what you meant to start with by "chord-based soloing". I thought at first you meant chord-melody style (like Joe Pass), playing 2 or more notes at the same time.
But now I'm guessing (from FatJeff's reply at least) that we're talking about basing your single-note lines off chords - chord tones and arps.
If so, I've always done this right from the beginning and considered it a no-brainer (no offence, virg! ). I never played "scales"; I'd begin by learning the chord progression (these would really simple in the early days of course!), and maybe the melody, and just work with that stuff: embellishing the chord tones with a few passing notes that sounded OK.
Typically I'd end up with what I later found - many years later! - was the major pent of the root (or minor pent if it was a minor chord), plus some bluesy chromatic approach notes - because that was what I heard people on records doing. (People like Chuck Berry, that is, not any of those fancy jazz dudes I'd never heard of back then. First jazz player I copied was Django Reinhardt, and whaddya know, he was doing the same thing.)
It wasn't hard, and it sounded right. Scales? Theory? Who needs that s***? 
). I never played "scales"; I'd begin by learning the chord progression (these would really simple in the early days of course!), and maybe the melody, and just work with that stuff: embellishing the chord tones with a few passing notes that sounded OK.
Typically I'd end up with what I later found - many years later! - was the major pent of the root (or minor pent if it was a minor chord), plus some bluesy chromatic approach notes - because that was what I heard people on records doing. (People like Chuck Berry, that is, not any of those fancy jazz dudes I'd never heard of back then. First jazz player I copied was Django Reinhardt, and whaddya know, he was doing the same thing.)
It wasn't hard, and it sounded right. Scales? Theory? Who needs that s***?
Here's a fashion expert modelling a few options: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkHNkxzZp4k&feature
What kind of a hat would be best suited for playing jazz?
Yes, that looks pretty much as I understand it. More advanced than I was doing when I was copping from Chuck, of course :rolleyes: but pretty much the way I play now (and have done for some time now): embellishing chords, playing occasional double or triple stops, and adding passing notes. Looks quite comforting to see the way I naturally play (after a few decades growing into it) plotted out neatly like that, as if it's a "method"!
Chord based soloing is like this: http://www.scribd.com/doc/387675/chord-based-solo
Damn, if only I'd copyrighted it....
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