Let's take a C maj 7th C E G B that's root third fifth seventh. Let's remove the root...we have E G B over Cmaj7th looks like an E minor triad right? let's extend it..E G B D..now that looks like an E minor 7th over Cmaj7th. If we extend that further we get..E G B D F# that works over Cmaj7#11 or C lydian..U can also push this over a regular Cmaj7th some would argue but..if it sounds cool to your ear check it out. We can extend further as well off of Eminor to E G B D F# A..that's a great sound..so that looks like an E minor7with11 over Cmaj or Cmajor7th or Cmaj7#11. make sure you play them up and down not just in one direction so you get different sounds. Also..let's go back to the C E G B..let's start from G and extend up..G B D..looks like a G maj Triad over Cmaj. Let's extend up..G B D F# looks like Gmaj7 over C or Cmaj7th#11. We can extend up from there to G B D F# A..that looks like a Gmaj7th9th for Cmaj/Cmaj7th#11 or you could push that against a regular Cmaj7th chord as well. If we start from B now wed get B D F# A which looks like Bmin7th over Cmaj or Cmaj7th#11. This is just a start but start there. Record a Cmajor and a Cmaj7th chord and try these. Also try recording a Cmaj7#11 and try all these against it as well and see how it sounds. These are very melodic and get you away from scale type playing. More to come thanks for checking it out.
Best, Jason
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