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Originally Posted by Kirk Lorange
Below is another, this time a jazzier tune. Again, all the lines came from the chords. I'm not sure how you'd negotiate such a progression thinking scales. Scotty_b said he'd do a modal approach, but if and when he does (Scotty?), I guarantee it will also be following the chords.
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Sorry - I haven't forgotten about it - to be honest I had a quick play along with it and I was having 'one of those days' where nothing seemed to work...and then I haven't done any recording since then.
Yes - I do typically reference the chords when I am playing, especially if I am the only soloist in the band. On some occasions in the jazz band I play more from a scalar/modal approach than at other times - to try and create some distinction between myself and the horn players I work with. If one plays a very melodic solo I would tend to try and play something different if I take the next one.
My basic playing approach is more using arpeggios and the chromatic scale these days. I was looking at some old charts I had written out about ten years ago, and notes I had scribbled on them for ideas over the chords. My playing was much more 'fusion' influenced then, with deliberately not resolving , and playing far more chord extensions and chromatic lines through everyone. It was the influence of Mike Stern , Scott Henderson and Carl Orr. I really don't play like that much now - perhaps that is a good thing!