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[quote=MarkRhodes;270634]
Originally Posted by 3rdOrbit
To Badjazz:
You're full of crap, I never led you astray. You're just bent in that evil direction !!!Last edited by 3rdOrbit; 11-19-2012 at 12:22 AM.
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11-19-2012 12:12 AM
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There's too many posts to read everything!! I just wanna add my thoughts. I think it really depends on the kind of music you want to play. Someone like Frank Gambale or Allan Holdsworth base so much of their playing on playing scales and modes and so do many other players. If you wanted to play like them it would be inconceivable to realistically do so without also leaning heavily towards a scale based way of thinking. Likewise, if you wanted to play straight-ahead bebop, and I mean purist bebop, well, it really would be better to delve into the music first. Sure, along the way you'll discover many concepts which work, but you'll always be approaching them from a "music roots" based perspective, just as the great masters themselves did. There really are two distinct schools of thought but I think it's more a case of horses for courses. Are scales bad? No, absolutely not, with a good ear and imagination they are tools for good music making. But anything can be used tastefully or poorly. I have found the learning of scales and theory very beneficial to me and have given me a wonderfully thorough understanding of music and my instrument, but I think if anyone were to approach music solely from this standpoint, not having really absorbed the teachings of the masters themselves, they'd be cutting themselves short.
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I would add that I have looked at books teaching both chord tone scale approaches, and both emphasize that it is ultimately about learning to respond to what you hear.
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Here is a relevant article:
Berklee Today | Berklee College of Music
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Originally Posted by Jonzo
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Originally Posted by Tony DeCaprio
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