Improvisation With The Whole Tone Scale

27/05/2021
Improvisation With The Whole Tone Scale

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In this video I’ll show you how to use the whole tone scale to create some quirky and unique effects in your jazz guitar improvisations.



This cool symmetrical scale pattern is easy to learn on the fretboard if you know a few tricks to the pattern.  



Video Sections:



00:00  Introduction00:44  Ex.1 – Basic Whole Tone Scale On Single String02:55  Ex.2 – Playing Pattern Across Strings, Single Position04:08  Ex.3 – Three Note Per String Pattern07:58  Ex.4 – Extending The Range Of The Whole Tone Scale09:58  Improvising With Whole Tone Scale Over D7 Loop11:46  Song Example: Using Whole Tone Scale Over Take The “A” Train13:24  Wrap Up and Next Steps 



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Greg O’Rourke 



Founder, FretDojoWorld Leader in Online Guitar Education