The use of approach notes and chromaticism is an important element of playing that we find in various styles of jazz, jazz fusion, etc. It is a great technique to add color, feel and some tension to your playing.

A solo over the chord progression of Gershwin's "I got rhythm" using chromatic lines to get the typical Jazz sound.

Soloing over the Brazilian style Frevo

In this lesson you'll find some ideas of jazz phrasing over a funk/groove backing track. A good way to develop and improve your musical vocabulary.

In a Jazz funk context, we gonna see how John Scofield blends the Pentatonic/Blues scale, the Mixolydian mode, the Diminished scale for outside playing and other concepts such as chromaticism/passing tones.

Improve your phrasing by learning some fusion licks using the C mixolydian mode.

Improve your Jazz Fusion vocabulary : let's talk about chromaticism and how to add some spice in your playing !

Ideas and concepts about arpeggios phrasing : How to create some interesting and meaningful lines using arpeggios and triads.

How to use chromaticism and 'outside' notes in a musical way.