How to Improvise With scales on Guitar - Latin Jazz

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There are different ways to approach improvising and using a scale-based approach is very useful because it means you can practice scale patterns which you can then call upon when you are improvising.

Developing a vocabulary

Part of your work in becoming a good Latin Jazz improviser is to develop a vocabulary of scales and scale patterns which you can call upon as needed. The good thing about the guitar is that once you have learned a scale pattern you can transpose it easily to to other keys by moving it to a different position on the fretboard.

The Major Scale, Modes and Chords

A good place to start is the major scale because the major scale can be divided into other scale or modes that you can use in a variety of ways. So in learning the pattern for G major for example you will also be able to play to A Dorian, B Phrygian, C Lydian, D Mixolydian, E Aeolian (or Natural minor), and F# Locrian. These scales can then be used respectively over the following chords:
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