101 Improvisation Tricks Part 1

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   INTRODUCTION:
Hello GuitarMasterFriends! welcome to my first 1 on 1 lesson. In this lesson we are gonna try to improve our writing skills and our improvisation, so I'm gonna show you some ideas that would help you when you are playing a solo. That's only some tricks, NOT all the tricks. In the improvisation there are lot of more techniques for instance the most important is follow your own intuition. The objective would be be able to able all that is in your mind! but how it's too dificult it's a good idea to get some trick to be on tune ;) Those are the tricks that I'm gonna explain here!


FOCUS:
that's to be able to play in the correct key, in this particular case the C major scale, and play over the chords using the arpegios in the BT (a C major and a G major. Then we can add some extra notes for instance the 7 (the result will be a Cmaj7 over the Cmajor chord and the G7 over the G major chord).


SCALES and CHORDS:
A C major scale
A C and G major arpegios and a C Maj7 and G7 arpeggios


DIAGRAMS:
Yeah, that's the most interesting of this lesson (IMHO). I paint 30 diagrams here! so I wish you enjoy them! You can imagine that I love this diagramas and I think this is the best way to learn properly all the scales and arpegios. Remember this lesson is NOT AN EXERCICE so you can use this diagrams to play what you want there! ;)


HOW TO PRACTICE:
Get the BT and start playing the C and G arpegios in a concrete position, then learn another position, mix 2 positions and learn all the position.
You can also add the 7th of the arpegio and add some extra pass-notes from the major scale.


SEND ME YOU TAKE:
Yeah, I wish to listen your improvisations! My take here is not too inspired so I hope lot of you can do it better than me ;) Come on guys!



C major all arpegios notes.jpg

C major arp all intervals.jpg

G arpegio interva.jpg

G arpegio notes.jpg

C maj7 scale intervals.jpg

G 7 arpegio inter.jpg

C major scale all notes.jpg

Cmajor scale all intervals.jpg


     Lesson Questions, Feedback & Comments



Kristofer Dahl
post 18th April 2008


GMC Founder & Rocker


Great advice and cool improvisation - thanks Juan! biggrin.gif
Jon Lambo
post 18th April 2008


Member


Yeah Great lesson Juan! I enjoyed it.
Joe Kataldo
post 18th April 2008


Instructor


Nice Stuff biggrin.gif
PassionPlay
post 18th April 2008


Member


Sweet! I need to improve this solo stuff!
RIP Dime
post 18th April 2008


Member


Good job! I'd love to see improvisation lessons from every instructor, it always helps to see someone else's point of view on improvising.
Juan M. Valero
post 18th April 2008


Instructor


Thanks guys !!! I wish all members have fun improving his improvisation... ah, and excuse my horrible pronunciation biggrin.gif
superize
post 18th April 2008


Member


Great lesson...

And dont worry abouth pronunciation...Nobodys perfect
Juan M. Valero
post 18th April 2008


Instructor


haha, thanks superize wink.gif I'm extremely imperfect XD
Capt.Z
post 18th April 2008


Member


whoa...ohmy.gif
awesome, thanks for the tips!
Juan M. Valero
post 18th April 2008


Instructor


don't mention mate, that's my job !!! biggrin.gif
Danilo Capezzuto
post 18th April 2008


Instructor


Good tips Juan!
Dejan Farkas
post 18th April 2008


Instructor


Nice topic and tips smile.gif
DeepRoots
post 18th April 2008


Member


Juan...why do you think your english is so bad?!?
I see even more improvements here smile.gif This is awesome that you have focused on a 101 lesson Juan, it's alot more personal this way and definitely provides better teaching/instructions. So...great lesson! I look forward to more 101 style lessons biggrin.gif
Gilmore
post 18th April 2008


Member


This is a great lesson Juan. Always great to listen to you instructors talking about tecnique. My favourite kind of lessons. smile.gif

Vinod Saranga
post 18th April 2008


Acoustic Instructor


Hey Juan great lesson,
Your pronounciation is not horrible.
Now I am really jealouse @ you.
you know why laugh.gif
Juan M. Valero
post 18th April 2008


Instructor


thanks DeepRoots, I'm so happy you find this improvements, but this way is too long, so I need to study hard !!! but GMC is the best class not even on the guitar biggrin.gif

Vinod, I wish to see you soon here in Spain !!! then we can have a real conversation smile.gif

Thanks all !!! wink.gif
Vinod Saranga
post 18th April 2008


Acoustic Instructor


yes real one in ENGLISH wink.gif
Juan M. Valero
post 18th April 2008


Instructor


in English, for sure !! biggrin.gif
fkalich
post 18th April 2008


Member


I like the composition, nice song, nice swing to it.
Carlos Carrillo
post 18th April 2008


Instructor


Reall great!!!wink.gif
at lights end
post 18th April 2008


Member


awesome!
Juan M. Valero
post 18th April 2008


Instructor


Thanks my friends !!! wink.gif
Nemanja Filipovic
post 18th April 2008


Singing Instructor


nice one Juan...smile.gif
Marcus Siepen
post 18th April 2008


Instructor (Blind Guardian)


great lesson Juan :-)
Nick Kellie
post 18th April 2008


Instructor


very thorough lesson !
Siggum
post 18th April 2008


Member


Good job, i really enjoy the 1on1 and spoken lessons, they add alot to the video, thanks Juan.
{TooL}420
post 18th April 2008


Member


Thanks so much that really cleared some stuff up for me! Great job!
Juan M. Valero
post 18th April 2008


Instructor


thanks guys, I'm happy that this lesson help you smile.gif
Hisham Al-Sanea
post 18th April 2008


Instructor


nice improvising Juan ...good job man
Carlos Carrillo
post 18th April 2008


Instructor


very nice lesson Juan!!

buen trabajo amigo!!!!
Alejandro Piñero
post 19th April 2008


Instructor


fantastic lesson man!!
cool!!!
Unleash-The-Shred
post 19th April 2008


Member


Thanks for this lesson, I can really use it.
Juan M. Valero
post 19th April 2008


Instructor


thanks guys, i wish it will be usefull for you !
Bogdan Radovic
post 19th April 2008


Bass Instructor


Awesome lesson Juan ! smile.gif
Juan M. Valero
post 19th April 2008


Instructor


Thanks Bogdan wink.gif
Pablo Vazquez
post 20th April 2008


Instructor


Awesome!! Una lecciòn impresionante Juan! Bien hecho amigo!!!!
Juan M. Valero
post 20th April 2008


Instructor


Muchisimas gracias Pablo !!! me alegro de que te guste biggrin.gif
Nick325
post 21st April 2008


Member


awsome juan
Echegollen
post 23rd April 2008


Member


How come the C chord played in A form has more than 3 notes to press on the fretboard according to the first diagram???
Juan M. Valero
post 24th April 2008


Instructor


well, actually is not a C chord, is a C arpegio.
As you can see in all forms the notes in a C arpeggios are always a C,E and G (1st, 3rd and 5th.)

if you want to do a C chord you just need to play this 3 notes biggrin.gif
Echegollen
post 24th April 2008


Member


Thank you for answering so quickly!

One last question amigo...what is an ARPEGGIO???
Juan M. Valero
post 24th April 2008


Instructor


Arpeggios are the notes of chords played one by one, so that's the reason because in the arpeggios diagrams we have 2 notes in the same string, because we play one and then the other not both together (witch is imposible tongue.gif) like n the chords.
Echegollen
post 25th April 2008


Member


Muchas gracias. Ahora todo esta claro!
Juan M. Valero
post 25th April 2008


Instructor


De nada amigo !! gracias a ti por escribir smile.gif
steiner666
post 7th May 2008


Member


You managed to put things in ways easier for me to understand regarding the CAGED chords and their relation to arpeggios than most people whose native tongue is english. Thanks for the lesson!


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