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A genuine step by step walk through my favourite practice method for improvising and soloing over changes and coming up with more creative solos on the spot.. with the help of my trusty looper pedal!
We start with a simple minor blues progression, adding some dark and mysterious gypsy flair as we go.. think Marc Ribot meets Buena Vista Social Club. But later in the lesson completely switch things up and take another completely different approach with a slower blues groove, think David Gilmour meets BB King!
We build and build as the lesson goes on.. effortlessly finding new pathways, new concepts and new tonalities with with to express ourselves and add colour, melody and purpose to our solos! Stick with me through the entire lesson and by the end you’ll see just how much amazing vocabulary we’ve managed to build up with a handful of incredibly simple concepts.. all beginning with a little triad! 🤯
THIS is the stuff I wish I’d been shown back in the day. How to navigate changes in your lead playing so that when you get the nod and you have 30 seconds to say something that serves the song and has musical value… you will NEVER be short on ideas. Practice these concepts enough and it’ll soon become more internal, and ear-led. Eventually it’ll then become more about relaxing and playing what you feel in the moment. This is true improvisation and is where the fun really begins!
⏱️Time Stamps ⏱️
00:00 - Trailer
01:42 - Introduction
02:22 - Chord changes
02:56 - Lesson materials
03:06 - Looper
03:43 - Tone talk!
03:59 - Mapping the triads
05:20 - Level 1 improvisation
06:19 - Fretboard fluency
07:28 - One string at a time!
09:18 - E7 arpeggio
10:00 - Level 2 improvisation example
11:14 - Lesson materials
11:40 - 1 2 3 5 arpeggios
13:03 - Level 3 improvisation example
14:00 - AGAIN!.. But more double stops!
14:55 - Enclosures
15:58 - Significance of the V chord
16:39 - E7(b9)
17:28 - Throwing it all in; improvisation example
19:29 - BLUES SCALE!
19:49 - Everything + blues scale!
21:13 - Slow Blues groove; B.B King style
21:52 - Change your feel & slow your phrasing; improv example
24:12 - Practice thoughts
25:12 - Sign-off
Reference videos...
Triads Survival Guide;
https://youtu.be/68PWHbRGSbA?si=pB_IWgrtHAvIhEZL
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