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Guitar Improvisation
Tricks, Concepts & Techniques
Introduction • Besides writing and playing songs, improvising rock
music is fun too!
• Practice melodic patterns, licks , triads, arpeggios everything that will spice up your improvisation skills. Just keep in mind that you can never stop growing. There is always more to learn and explore.
• Improvising is one of the most fun and fulfilling aspects of guitar playing, but also something that requires a lot of hard work and dedication. You might be a good guitar player, but in order to become a better guitar player, you must include improvisation.
Pentatonics / blues
• Learn to play the pentatonic/blues scale all over the neck in all five shapes.
• The pentatonic / blues scale is the corner stone of all soloing in blues, pop, country, rock and metal.
• Along-with the scale, learn how to improvise.
• Practicing regularly it will really pay off.
Major Scale• Next to the pentatonic scale, the major
scale is the most important scale to learn.
• Learn to play the major scale all over the neck in every position starting from the root note.
• Play one part of the scale in the first position, continue the scale in the second position and then go on to the third position. Experiment and try different combinations.
• Learn how to improvise with the scales.
Triads• Triads are used to open up your playing and
get away from playing diatonic and pentatonic scale runs.
• Triads are 3 note chords. Triad can be started from the first/root note (the root position triad), from the second note (the 1st inversion) and from the 3rd note (2nd inversion). Example:
• Major scale = 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8, Cmajor scale = C D E F G A B C
• Major triad = 1 3 5, Cmajor triad = C E G (= C)
• Minor triad = 1 b3 5, Cminor triad = C Eb G (= Cm)
• Augmented triad = 1 3 #5, Caug triad = C E G# (= C+)
• Diminished triad = 1 b3 b5, Cdim triad = C Eb Gb (= Co)
Modes• Learn to play all the 7
modes of the major scale to expand your improvising skills even more.
• The 7 modes:
– Ionian = 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8– Dorian = 1 2 b3 4 5 6 b7 8– Phrygian = 1 b2 b3 4 5 b6 b7 8– Lydian = 1 2 3 #4 5 6 7 8– Mixolydian = 1 2 3 4 5 6 b7 8– Aeolian = 1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7 8– Locrian = 1 b2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7 8
Solos
• Transcribe & learn solos from the greatest guitar players to be inspired. You should learn from others and make your own out of them.
• Study how they phrase and use rhythm in their soloing.
• Learn solos in varied styles & genres; Blues, rock, country, metal, pop, etc. You can learn a lot from different guitar players.
Arppegios
• Arpeggios are like triads, used to open up your playing & create more color & variety to your improvisation.
• Fact: A triad is actually an arpeggio if it is played note by note, ascending or descending.
• Note: A triad contains only three notes while an arpeggio can be expanded with a b7, maj7, a 9th, 11th, etc.
• Learn arpeggios & incorporate them in your playing to be a better player.
Licks
• A short series of notes that creates a cool melodic line which can be used in your improvisation.
• It is an ongoing process to learn licks in order to keep your improvisation sound fresh & becoming a better player.
• Increase your lick vocabulary.
