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Originally Posted by solidwalnut
This is a part of a much wider debate, as you can see. But the one thing to be aware of that scales most likely won't do for you is show you how melodies come from chord formations 
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When I teach scale shapes to students, I also show them how they relate to the arpeggio notes contained within the scale. I emphasise chord tones as 'target notes' when improvising, though I am perhaps more open to 'outside' playing than others.I have taught this way for years - long before I came across
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Plane Talk is an excellent book to introduce concepts of playing through changes, and it gives some very useful and very simple-yet-profound insights into the whole topic of improvising.