Improvising a *meaningful* solo: here's how
Hi Visitor,
Do you want to improvise better guitar solos, but you’re stuck in the rut of just repeating the same old licks that you’ve memorized?
Should you just learn more licks? Is that the answer?
Well, let's see... think about improvising as having a conversation.
But instead of conversing with another person, you’re conversing with the music. Listening and responding to the music, the same way you would with a conversation.
When you have a conversation with someone, do you use entire sentences that you’ve memorized to respond to them?
Or do you come up with every sentence you say, on the spot, by combining different words so you can communicate your exact point?
Think of a guitar lick, or even a piece of a melody, as a complete sentence. You cannot have an effective conversation by just reciting preset sentences that you know.
You need to create sentences on the spot. And you do - it's not even that hard.
So, to effectively improvise, Visitor, you need to be listening to the music, and creating responses (melodies) in real time, that are relevant to the music you are playing over.
But how do you do this? How do you come up with good melodies on the spot?
In the video below, I’ll explain exactly this. Watch it you don't want to play disjointed, directionless solos anymore.
Watch the video here: https://musictheoryforguitar.com/melody-improvising-guitar.html
Enjoy!
Tommaso Zillio
Music Theory Education Expert
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