Wholetone Scale - Scofield exercise nr 1

[kris]

Good example how to practise wholetone scale.
Scof plays a lot of legato notes...you can experiment with legato you like...:=)

[Larry Feldman]

Glad you mentioned the part about legato. Appears that some folks think you need to pick every note. I find it more interesting to use legato at times. Cool exercise. Thanks for posting it. Larry

[kris]

It is good exe on Dominat aug chords...like G7#5

[dzzy121]

how do you go about practicing something like this, there are a lot of notes here.

[kris]

Play very slowly!!!
work on one bar,second bar etc.
next work on two bars....etc.
it is not easy scale more for advanced playing.
if it two difficult use computer just to hear how it sound.

[kris]

I put new PDF version with legato I practise.Post nr 1.
Best
kris

[kris]

I/ve just recorded this example /with legato/ on my Ibanez As-200/1982/ today.
Comping chord Db7#9.
Another out sounding nice line.:-)

[Beatles4vr]

Thank you, Kris.

[kris]

Welcome..:-)

[monk]

Lots of people get hung up on using the Whole Tone scale over Augmented and Dominant 7#5 chords but they also work great over Dominant 7b5 chords.

C D E Gb Ab Bb = R 9 3 b5 b13 b7

[kris]

Dominat alt...

[AmundLauritzen]

I don't care what alterations a dominant chord has. As long as it is a V7 chord, I'll use whole tone, altered, HW-diminished etcetra.

What's most important is what the degree the dominant chord is built on.
If it's a dominant II- chord, whole tone is a great choice. I never know how the piano player will decorate the chords anyway.

Whole tone works great on tonic minor chords as well. Just make sure you choose one of the whole tone scales that give you the maj7th on that minor chord.

[docbop]

Originally Posted by AmundLauritzen

I don't care what alterations a dominant chord has. As long as it is a V7 chord, I'll use whole tone, altered, HW-diminished etcetra.

What's most important is what the degree the dominant chord is built on.
If it's a dominant II- chord, whole tone is a great choice. I never know how the piano player will decorate the chords anyway.

Whole tone works great on tonic minor chords as well. Just make sure you choose one of the whole tone scales that give you the maj7th on that minor chord.

Way I was taught it boils down to how it's functioning, where is it going. Is it functioning a V, or V of n, or an isolated 7th chord. If functioning as a V you can take more liberties with it since it will resolve.