• From: The Netherlands
  • Registered: 2010-02-14
  • Posts: 318

Topic: Improv

Hey everybody,

So lately I've been focusing on improvisation in solo's and stuff. It isn't that hard, but I feel like I sometimes get stuck.
I don't mean that I stop playing, but I keep playing in the same 'boxes' (or how you'd call it....) and licks, and I'm trying to find a way to get out of that routine, to keep playing new stuff + some old licks (because we all need those classic ones, don't we?)

Rick

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  • From: Edwardsville, IL
  • Registered: 2010-05-17
  • Posts: 656

Re: Improv

Studying different styles of music can help. If you're a blues player, start studying jazz or country.

Play the licks you are playing in different positions on the neck.

Learn all the modes inside of the Major scale (Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian (minor), Locrian (diminished).

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  • From: New Hampshire, USA
  • Registered: 2010-12-21
  • Posts: 3,650

Re: Improv

Rick49 wrote:

Hey everybody,

So lately I've been focusing on improvisation in solo's and stuff. It isn't that hard, but I feel like I sometimes get stuck.
I don't mean that I stop playing, but I keep playing in the same 'boxes' (or how you'd call it....) and licks, and I'm trying to find a way to get out of that routine, to keep playing new stuff + some old licks (because we all need those classic ones, don't we?)

Rick

I found that digging into the modes and playing them has spawned new ideas for me and taken me to new places.
Cheers Ron

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  • From: Cambridge
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Re: Improv

maybe this will help a bit

https://forum.jbonamassa.com/viewtopic.php?id=19208

Jonny L

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  • From: The Netherlands
  • Registered: 2010-02-14
  • Posts: 318

Re: Improv

Thanks everyone!

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  • From: North Carolina
  • Registered: 2008-10-26
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Re: Improv

I'm going to show you this Youtube video that sums it up best. At 1:23 he says everything you need to know about improviesed soloing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P9-XAnI59U

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  • From: Edwardsville, IL
  • Registered: 2010-05-17
  • Posts: 656

Re: Improv

AD3THREE wrote:

I'm going to show you this Youtube video that sums it up best. At 1:23 he says everything you need to know about improviesed soloing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P9-XAnI59U

Great vid AD3.

thanks for posting.

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Re: Improv

Thanks AD3!

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  • From: North Carolina
  • Registered: 2008-10-26
  • Posts: 2,926

Re: Improv

Carl is my hero!  I am such a fool for Super Tramp!

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