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Just remember the scale starts with one note. Take the Root and the 2 and the third spend an hour changing your leadtone on the chord change and mess with rhythimic patterns. There are building blocks in improv: they start with the root, then the thirds (pentatonics) then comes the octave scales, after that there is infinitely more but if you get those blocks then the infinite come automatically with…. you guessed it, time in the saddle. If I could do it over I would spend more time in thirds. I was slightly obsessed with the octave scales and in hind sight to my detriment. I will put in a good word for playing the whole improve track useing one note. This is the best way I found to work rhythm (super key in improve). I start banging out 1/4s in time, then 1/8ths then 1/4 triplets, then back, then mixed, then 16ths. I allowed my focus to be laser sharp on time, without worrying about note selection. This was a watershed moment when I was able to do this. Did not happen overnight, you can ask any of the people I play with. : ) I’m pretty sure I struggled harder than the average bear to get it. It was my mistake early on not to explore the importance of root tones and their octaves. This is one of my favorite guitar subjects to yammer on about.