The Most Important Scale Exercise In Jazz

Standard tuning
 = 120
Example 1 - C major scale
    
      
    
  
7 8 10
8 10
 7 9 10
7 9 10
7 8 10
7 8 10

Example 2 - Diatonic Arpeggios

Cmaj7 Dm7 Em7 Fmaj7 G7 Am7 Bø Cmaj7 Dm7 Em7
       
     
         
7 8 7 10
8 10 8 10 8
 9 7 10 9
7
7 10
9
9
7 10
7 10
9
9
7 10
10
9 7 10 9
7 10 8 7 10 8 10
8 10

Example 3 - Licks with Cmaj7 arpeggio

Cmaj7 Cmaj7
    
       
 
      
 9 7 10
9 7
9 7 9 8 7
9 7
7 10 7 10 10
8 8

Example 4 - Bebop Arpeggio Exercises

Cmaj7 Dm7 Em7 Fmaj7 G7 Am7 Bø Cmaj7
3 3 3 3
       
                 
       
   
3 3
3 3
7
8 10 8
 9 7 10 9
7
7 10
9
9
7 10
6 7 10
9
8 9
7 10
9 10
9
7 10 8 6 7 10 7 8 9 10
7 8 9 10

Example 5 - Cmaj7 "bebop arpeggio" licks

Cmaj7 Cmaj7      
   3       

   
   3
7 10 9 8 10
8 (8) 8 8
 9 7
9 7
9 10
9
7 10
10 7 8

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 Example 6 - Using an Em7 arpeggio on a Cmaj7.
Cmaj7  

3
         
       
7 10 (10)
10 8 8 7 8
 9
7
9
9 10 8 9
6 7 10

Example 7 - II V I line using more arpeggios

Dm7 G7 Cmaj7
  
3
      
               
 
7 (7)
10 8
 7 10
9 7
7 8 9
7 10 7
9 9
7
10
9
7 8 10 8 7 10

Example Em7 Arpeggio

Em7
3
       
     

 9
7
9
7
7 10 6 7 10

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