Many jazz players relate certain chord types with certain scales to make improvisation easier. In fact, there are hundreds of scales and modes you could use in your improvisations! Wouldn’t it be great to have some kind of handy list or guide to help you learn only the most important and best jazz scales to use over each chord all in 1 place? That’s why we created this complete guide to jazz piano scales. If you’re newer to jazz, you’ve probably been overwhelmed with all the possible scale options thrown at you.