The Most Useful Scale in Modern Jazz 

Agree 100% that this is the "GOTO" scale for many jazz improvisation challenges. It took me a long while to apply it to a wide variety of chord progression situations "on the spot" instinctively. The trick is to see the chord name and automatically visualize where the nearest (potential) start note of the melodic mode is located. Easier said than done. Thank you.

I purchased this and it is like an entire sub-category of Bebop soloing! The gift that keeps giving

Great lesson. thank you! Neat explanation of lines with retrograde playing. Your solos on SBS and GFI using MM scales are sublime! I have to transcribe some of that Stella solo you did around the 4 minute mark, it's JAZZ!!

WOW! How confidently he expounds truth. You just know he knows that he knows. I like him.

AWESOME free lesson!!! Thank you Richie for sharing this lesson. You THE man!!!

Another brick and that wall m, the modern jazz, and so clear and applicable. thanks Richie

Nice thinking and explanation. I play intuitively but love having things put academically.

WOAH! this is a heck of a trick, man. I'm really excited to try this out :-)

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This scale is used by the late great Larry Coryell R.I.P. Listen to his recordings and you can heard it right of the bat...:-) Thank you...:-)

Very interesting. The last example over Ipanema was ear-opening. Thanks Richie!

Thanks sir

Another fantastic lesson.

Thanks Richie, plus add melodic triad diatonic arpeggio, plus in 3-4-5-6-7, Man need a other life.

Enlightening lesson - thank you 🙏

You know that common progression where you begin on a minor triad and then the root descends in half steps till the chord becomes a minor 6th chord? (In walked bud, sentimental mood, funny valentine, etc). Well, I remember the lightbulb moment I discovered I could use just one melodic minor scale to blow over all of that harmony from start to finish. It was like BOOM! And it is still my go-to option when I need to relax on that part of a tune.

I like that super melodic

Bravo Maestro! Thanks Richie! Makes perfect sense. I concur.

Excellent content!!!!

Thanks Richie for super lesson.i m lucky that i have done all the shapes of melodic minor without being lazy🤪 Now I think i m ready for this to unfold.excited!!

Nice lesson! Thank you very much! Uaauu!

beautiful guitar!!...

Thanks a lot Richie 🙂!

Great lesson thanks!7👍🎸

Always useful Richie thx

Awesome

Good work.

Cool. I dug it.

Astounding. So interesting to listen to it applied to a standard. Thanks Richie.

Good lesson. My brain likes formulas lol

Had no idea the melodic minor was so versatile - nice to have in the bag especially for fast tunes where I still find targeting specific chord tones difficult in songs with super fast changes. Is there any chance you could do a video on how to solo over the 200bpm+ standards a la Charlie Parker? Is it really just a matter of getting so comfortable with the composite fingerings that you can highlight the changes even if every chord only gets 2 beats or do you target the scale of whatever the implied 1 chord of the moment might be? Sorry for the long and possibly unintelligible question and apologies if you've already covered it and I've failed to find it. Thank you for all the amazing lessons!

Hello from Kansas City, Missouri. Great Video as always Richie. A similar concept is that a Harmonic Minor Scale can be used for all 3 chords of a Minor 2-5-1. In other words, C Harmonic Minor for Dmi7 flat 5 -G7 Alt.- Cmi7. You wouldn't want to do this with EVERY Minor 2-5-1, but it is one more tool for the tool box. Also I Love that Jim Hall Sadowsky. That's what I like to call Lobster Dipped In Butter Tone. Thanks.

I am wondering why you have stressed not to think in scales, but this video is all about thinking about a scale. Please explain.

Great video. Will take me awhile to digest all this. How would the harmonic minor work?

I thought it said 'SCALE MODEL' Me and my 1/72 spitfire will buzz off (ro-o-a-a-r-r-r rat-a-tat etc etc)

yup.

7:40? I don't understand. Lydian Augmented over I Maj7 or any Maj7? That scale has #4, #5 and 13. If I play it over Maj7 I get #4, 5, #5, 13. That's 4 semitones in a row. I don't think it works. Shouldn't it be Maj7#5 (#11 and 13) instead? Or do I have to remove 5th from the the Maj7 chord?

Why is F melodic minor working or being used over Fm7 . They have different notes. Also by that example what other scales can we use over chords that don't share all the notes in common.

Hello I have been just getting into some lydian chromatic studies and I am just looking for a clear explanation on where the parent scale starts when thinking based off a chord for example what would be the parent scale for a Dmaj and a Dmin.. Would it be C Lydian ? Thank you!

Where did you get the hat...

Where is the pdf?

chromatic covers everything

I think I'm starting to understand how lounge lizards got so scaly.

Don't forget the wage scale...

Good n funny

Even by jazz standards, that sounds nasty

The emphasis is on MODERN jazz, and what is about old fashioned jazz ?

It is great to see prison inmates doing such great work. Nice uniform!

Sorry, for me it's like "Formula music", not really melodic in the original sense

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