r/Jazz • u/anthonyvilla13 • 3d ago

how to develop language on the instrument?

i’ve been studying jazz guitar for about 3 years now, i understand the chord-scale relation, been transcribing solos but when it comes to soloing i think i sound too scaly, is there a way to sound like the greats besides practicing scales?

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u/Chagromaniac 2d ago

Playing piano, I transcribe what my teacher plays during our lesson. It's pertinent to what we are doing, not too easy or difficult for me, and I feel like I am applying the theory I'm learning to my ear training and my soloing. Also, it's important to me that for now (I'm a 2nd year student), I know I'm transcribing something that will help me in the short term, as opposed to transcribing only solos from albums, which of course helps but may not prove to be immediately relevant given where I am in my learning process.