Firstly i am all about scales, but not only about scales chord tones also. What has kept me from buying
PT is so many of the people who love PT discredit scales. Scales are such an integral part of music that you cannot ignore them all together. I know a pianist who will discredit chord tones saying he'll sort've gravitate towards them without knowing it, which i think a lot of people who discredit scales will do in turn. Like if im playing in a minor scale i might modulate to a major scale b/c it sounds good but the thought of modulating will never cross my mind. So if someone ignores scales it doesnt mean that they arent playing in a scale, like an A note sounds different in A minor than it does in C major than it does in F major and so on. So i can modulate from A Aelion to C Ionian to B Locrian even if i've never even heard the word Locrian in my life. What im getting at is even if a musician discredits scales and doesnt know the names and patterns of scales will still have the different vibes of the different keys in their music.
So...Long story short i will never give up scales but im having trouble with chord tones, there's a "trick" as far as i know to PT and im curious if i can use this "trick" if im staying with scales.
-Tom