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When it comes to jazz improvisation, scales can be

really great ways to organize pitches or note choices over top of chords and core progressions.

Now, I don't think scales should be used exclusively by any means to improvise. If we do that,

they often become crutches and not tools, and it sounds more like you're

playing scales than actual musical melodic lines. But that doesn't mean that we should throw out

scales altogether, not at all. We need to know them in order to know our instruments better to

explore them, to navigate them, and they can also be super helpful for helping us identify those note choices. So in today's

episode, I'm going to be going over the 16 most important scales that I think you should know

for jazz. That's coming right up. Welcome to the LJS podcast, where you get weekly jazz tips,

interviews, stories, and advice for becoming a better jazz

musician and now your host he's a jazz musician author and entrepreneur brent bartstra

hey what's up everybody brent here from learn jazz standards dot com which is a blog a podcast and

videos geared towards helping you become a better jazz musician.

Welcome everybody to the show again.

I appreciate you being here today.

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