II-V-I scales
Jeffrey C. Osgood ( (no email) )
Mon, 3 Mar 1997 17:15:45 -0800 (PST)
I recently started taking improv lessons from a person not affiliated
with my school and everything he tells me runs counter to what I learned
in school. I was wondering what the "right" scale to play over a II-V-I
progression is. My school improv course taught me to play the major
scale based on I. Now I'm told it's the dominant scale. For example:
Cm F7 Bb
the scale would be F G A Bb C D Eb E F
My teacher told me that the dominant is everything. In jazz it is the
tonic. Everything moves toward it or away from it so that it can move
back to it. I guess my question is should I stick with the school
coursework or this new guy?
Jeff Osgood