How To Improvise Forever?, Got this question today |
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How To Improvise Forever?, Got this question today |
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Jun 10 2019, 02:13 PM |
How do you improvise forever and avoid repeating yourself? Tough question! Here is my attempt to answer it:
Do you struggle with improvising? Why / why not? Do you have tips? |
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Jun 10 2019, 04:11 PM |
Excellent video Kris! As always very inspiring.
The first time I did something similar was when I got a "play like Vai" book that had some transcriptions from his songs but also scale and chord progression analysis. The book included a CD with backing tracks (this was priceless on pre-youtube days) and the cool thing was that the backings didn't have the structure of the songs. The different parts from the song were looped and the book suggested you to start playing Vai's licks, but then create your own variations of them, and mix with other phrases using the suggested scales. This was pure gold for me. -------------------- My lessons
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Jun 10 2019, 08:56 PM |
That's a great video Kris,
It's one of the hardest things about being a musician, to keep coming up with ideas, I said to Gab, it's the same as the fact that we can all read and write but we can't all create a novel. Maybe that is why there are so many covers bands and tribute acts rather than original material acts. I find I struggle to keep coming up with ideas and the backing really makes a difference. I tend to come up with different ideas when I change backing but then I can't seem to migrate those ideas to another backing if you know what I mean, they stay specific to that particular backing. I guess it's too big a subject to have a box set course about it? Regarding box sets, I think you may have missed my comment HERE Cheers This post has been edited by Phil66: Jun 10 2019, 08:56 PM -------------------- 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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Jun 11 2019, 01:50 AM |
Xlnt advice from Kris.
"If you wanna make new stuff up, you gotta practice makin' stuff up". Probably stemming from my inherent laziness, every new lick I learn or make up - I try to find at least 3 or 4 chords that it'll work over. A simple example is that most any A minor (minor penta) type line will usually work well over C major and E minor chords and also probably D minor and F major chords. Sometimes the lick just needs a one note adjustment. I noticed early on that the best "improvisers" recycled a lot of their licks and lines within their solos but masked or tweaked them in ways that didn't make it so obvious ... until you really started paying attention. This is the stuff that gives players their sound and style. This post has been edited by klasaine: Jun 11 2019, 01:52 AM -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
https://soundcloud.com/klasaine2/foolin-the-clouds https://soundcloud.com/klasaine2/surfin-at-the-country-hop Soundcloud assorted ... https://soundcloud.com/klasaine3 New record ... http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kenlasaine Solo Guitar ... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXZh...5iIdO2tpgtj25Ke Stuff I'm on ... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXZh...b-dhb-4B0KgRY-d |
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Jun 11 2019, 03:12 AM |
As ken already noted, great adice. "If you wanna make new stuff up, you gotta practice makin' stuff up".[i] That's also my favorite part, followed by this one: "Here is a question for you... How do you keep improvising forever and never run out of ideas?... mmm I don't know" This post has been edited by Gabriel Leopardi: Jun 11 2019, 03:14 AM -------------------- My lessons
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Jun 11 2019, 03:10 PM |
This is def a solid way of looking at it. But for me this method was never inspiring when I tried it. Many years later I feel like it somewhat overcomplicates things - unless you are really fast at visualising theory. I noticed it (same lick fits over several different chords and keys) long before I knew anything about theory. Think about it, the guitar is pretty visual - an Am looks a lot like a C. This post has been edited by klasaine: Jun 11 2019, 03:37 PM -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
https://soundcloud.com/klasaine2/foolin-the-clouds https://soundcloud.com/klasaine2/surfin-at-the-country-hop Soundcloud assorted ... https://soundcloud.com/klasaine3 New record ... http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kenlasaine Solo Guitar ... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXZh...5iIdO2tpgtj25Ke Stuff I'm on ... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXZh...b-dhb-4B0KgRY-d |
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Jun 12 2019, 10:38 PM |
Another winner video.
Thanks Kris! |
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