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Comping:
In a scenario when you are playing chords and want to play very minimally, guide tones are the perfect choice. Not only is the sound good for these situations, but also in many standards, the guide tones actually create lines in which one note will move one half step or one whole step, while the other remains the same. This makes guide tone lines easy to play and helpful in figuring out common and neighboring tones between chords. Example two demonstrates the use of guide tones in comping "Autumn Leaves" over a bass line.

Ex. 2 Audio:

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