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Originally Posted by scotty_b
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 PT.
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. |
It sounds like you have shown how to bridge the two together nicely, as it should be.
I think, though, that many guitarists, whether they've been students of good teachers like yourself or not, often don't have a handle on bridging the gap--they often see either/or, or they have trouble putting it all together. I'm a firm believer in meeting guitarists where they are at, individually, in their learning processes. There is definitely not a 'one size fits all' type of progression in learning, although there are basic truths that must be told. How we go about getting to those truths is always a great conversation :-)
Another good value of PT is that it gives a visual aid to fretboard and anchors. From there, you can go even beyond PT, and enable the student to use the entire fretboard as an anchor!
Steve