Jazz Guitar Scales: One Pattern To Rule Them All

Have you been struggling with jazz guitar improvisation and are wondering what the best jazz guitar scales are to use? In this video I’m going to show you a simple yet easy trick to improvise over the entire fretboard using a clever jazz scales method I call the “Tree System“, which will make the fretboard easy to understand, give you a great framework for remembering all those jazzy scales, and save you a lot of time as well. To get your free PDF which has the jazz scales guitar tabs and diagrams for this lesson, go here: Video Sections: 00:00 Introduction 01:19 The problem with CAGED scales (or box patterns) for jazz guitar positions 02:44 Introducing the “Tree“ jazz guitar scales system 03:43 Branch 1 of the Tree System for jazz - major scale 06:27 Improvisation example with Branch 1 06:53 Branch 2 of the Tree System 10:07 Benefits of the Tree System 11:01 Guitar modes - creating a Dorian Scale from the Tree system 14:20 Wrap Up Make sure you subscribe to this channel so you don’t miss out on my new jazz guitar lessons, and if you find value in what I’m teaching you today, please hit that like button! Stick around to the end of this jazz scale guitar lesson because as a bonus I’m also going to give you some very useful tips on how to derive any jazz guitar scales/modes from this one pattern that I’m going to show you today. Over to you - what do YOU think of this scale system? Do you think I’m onto something here - or do you disagree with this method? Leave a comment below with your thoughts. Kind regards, Greg O’Rourke * To learn how to play jazz guitar for beginners with step-by-step lessons, visit my website