Improvising Over 12 Bar Blues?, G, C, D chord progression Options

[CheeseBeard]

Hi all, i'm currently trying to improvise over a 12 bar blues with the chord progression of G, C then D but i'm having trouble knowing which scales to use for this. I was wondering if anyone had any advice/techniques?

Thanks a lot

[FretDancer69]

use the scales that correspond to the key.

I would suggest, G minor Blues, C Major Pentatonic and D minor Blues,

someone might have a better suggestion over the C Major Pentatonic, but i think it would sound good.

[Slammer]

G minor Pentatonic would sound nice and Bluesy.

[Ivan Milenkovic]

Here's an interesting thing you can do. Start off from Gminor pentatonic. Then after a while add one note (C#) to your impro, and then after a while when you feel comfortable with thsoe positions add two more notes ( E and A).

The scales you used in the were Gminor pentatonic, Gminor blues, and Gdorian, all very suitable for blues.

This is not a general rule, just a guideline to develop imrpovisation, you can make other combinations afterwards. The most logical step is to go on Gmajor after those. In G major, you have both Cmajor type and Dmajor type scales (C lydian and D mixolydian). In the blues it is important to mix major and minor scales properly - that is one very important thing in the blues.

There are also lot of ways to play the blues, but know that it doesn't take many notes to play it. Trues masters mix these scales using just a few notes at a time using heavy syncopation and that is really what it's all about.

[CheeseBeard]

Thanks very much for all the help .

One more question, is there a site/resource i can use to find out the patterns/boxes for all the scales mentioned so I can try to learn them?

Thanks again

[Brother Woodrow]

http://jguitar.com/scale is the place you're looking for.

[Bogdan Radovic]

Better yet , Andrews lessons..This post is the guideline for everything you need : http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...t=0&start=0

Cheers