Jazz Scale Studies
James Rae
Scales and arpeggios (chords) are the melodic & harmonic building blocks of all music. In jazz, they are of particular importance, they provide the player but the raw material from which to construct improvised solos. These 18 etudes help a certain familiarity with the main types of scales and arpeggios found in jazz. Each chapter describes a particular type of scale and includes two studies based on it. Scales included: Major Scale
Dorian Mode
Mixolydian Mode
Minor Pentatonic Scale
The Jazz Melodic Minor Scale
Blues Scale
Chromatic Scale
Whole-tone Scale
Diminished or Octatonic Scale
