Here's a modern, tension-rich sound you can use in your jazz improvisation: the Lydian Sharp 9 Scale. This is a powerful tool to bring a more contemporary, edgy color to your lines. The concept starts with a shape: take a major triad and place a bass note a half step above the root of that triad. That combination gives you the shape and sound of a Lydian Sharp 9 chord. In the video example, we’re using an E major triad with an F in the bass, which you might also see written as E/F. The scale built from this sound has the following formula: 1 - ♯2 - 3 - ♯4 - 5 - 6 - 7 That ♯2 is usually treated as a passing tone, but in this lesson, we enhance the jazz feel by incorporating: - Chromatic enclosures - Arpeggios - Voice movement between triads and major 7♯11 sounds The line in the video begins with a chromatic enclosure to the root, then uses the ♯2 to connect into the 3rd. The resulting tension between the E major triad and the underlying F bass note gives you a mix of E/F and Fmaj7...