"uninspired Sounding" Improvisation - New Member |
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May 30 2021, 09:18 AM |
Welcome to GMC
As said, put some of your improvs on here to get some feedback. Improvising is harder than people think, you're basically composing on the fly so you need a lot of licks in your fingers and your brain needs to be trained to assemble them into sweet runs. I struggle with improvising too. Cheers -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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May 31 2021, 08:43 AM |
Hi Nick and welcome to GMC!
If you can share a video will be much easy for us to help you. I always loved to improvise but in the last 2 years I work very serious with my instructor only for compositions, so...I have a bunch of tips. This is my style and how I compose if you want to take a look. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgUnBr7Zj9E Are many details that can make a piece sounds boring (repetitive licks ideas, too many picks, keeping a straight rhythm, missing of tension build, a too simple and straight ornamenting, etc). To be able to make cool improvisations (instantly) you need to work first at compositions. The key is to understand how to build correctly a piece. Are many details that make the difference, like: how to raise the tension in the right way and which are the perfect tools to do it (you can easily raise the tension without to increase the speed), how to avoid to make your licks sounds square, where to put the fast parts and how many because you need to maintain a good balance between melody and speed, how to use the dynamics range to get more colors in sound, how to add little nuances to change the flavor to a lick and many, many others tiny things which are very important. Each lick must be thought very well before from all the points of view: melodic idea, picking, rhythm, technique, dynamic and the spot where is played. Then make 10-15 variations for the same lick and analyze which sound better and why. When the sense of melody exist (I mean nice lick ideas and not wrong notes played) the only thing that can make a lick to sound less creative is just the way how is it played. The composition it's not an easy task but it's what make the connection between your owned skills and the ability to use them in the daily playing. With a constantly practice and a huge patience, at some point all these analyzed and cool stuffs will become natural in your instantly improvisations. Sorry because I wrote too much but I can talk about composition an entire life without to finish everything I have to say. |
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May 31 2021, 08:46 AM |
Awesome topic - thanks so much Nick 🤗
You already got some great feedback here! Konnakol is cool, but might be a little exaggerated unless you absolutely love the sound of it. I cannot say I have ever used it as a practice method, though I know it's touted by some fusion guitarists. This caught my eye... Even stepping into a basic jam, my playing comes off as generally boring after less than a minute. ...to me, it sounds like you occasionally try to improvise - but then start finding problems. So instead of jamming some more, you try to address the problem - with the hope that someday you will step into the jam and things will flow perfectly. However to my knowledge - this has not happened to anyone...ever! The key is to stay within that jam - this is where you should practice. Even if you think it sounds bad - keep doing it. Try playing something you think is fun - and disregard what others might think about it. My Jam School series is all about this - check it out here. |
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Jun 2 2021, 08:00 PM |
Hi Nick! Welcome to the forum! It would be good to see a video of you improvising so we can give you precise feedback.
I only think that Kris's Jam School is a great place to start working on your improvisation skills. I specifically recommend these ones for you: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Jam-Sc...ic-Development/ https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/JamSch...lues-As-A-Tool/ On a side note, I'd like to invite you to join my mentoring program where we can work on your improvisation skills! Just send me a PM! -------------------- My lessons
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