Scales and chords are pretty much the same notes. How you see the notes determines your note choices.
Chord tones are more melodic since most tunes have melodies based on them as the strongest notes. When adding non chord tones ie. others of the scale or non chord notes, the emphasis is still on the strongest notes, the chord tones.
Scales tend to be more linear because they are learned that way. The emphasis is more on speed than defining a melody. To play really fast, you need your fingers to be on auto pilot to play chunks of notes at a time. You don't have time to think about what the strongest notes in the scale your playing are and to make them stand out.
The best thing to do is to see the chords in scales or the scales in chords. That way you can shred your scales and then switch gears and slow down to focus on melodic runs. Players tend to gravitate to one comfort zone or the other.
I think in chords but, can see the underlying scales too. Which ever way you choose, don't lose sight of the fact that chords and scales are the same notes. It is not a matter of VS.
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