I try to incorporate many techniques as possible into my improvisation. However, i feel it not enough to get a rockin solo. WOndering if i can get help on the Modes and how to plug them into a solo please.
Thanks Ridzr.
First time here on forum
Improvising shred, blues, jazz, anything... requires more than knowing patterns. Knowing and being able to physically do them is one thing, but improvising doesn't come from theory - what I mean is that theory and knowing modes may help you recognize where you are on the fretboard, but when all is said and done, improvisation is your attempt at applying what what is in your mind to the fretboard.
I've written a short article here explaining what I mean
http://www.ckdesigns.com/blog/2011/04/15/l...nd-over-matter/When all is said and done, what really matters in improvisation is being able to articulate with your hands, what you hear in your mind when you hear a chord progression. The first steps in learning to do this is knowing what your scales sound like without a guitar in your hand, and being able to sing in your mind or verbally what sounds good to you. Then practice expressing that with your hands on the fretboard.
Being able to physically express fast/complex runs that you imagine/feel need to be at any given point in a musical progression is where learning to play fast comes into play - and that is hours of practice, of course - you just can't get away from the physical training aspect of it. However, if improvisation is your end-goal, then you have to practice improvisation, and that means you need to practice to backing tracks and musical chord progressions. Without musical context to practice to, you won't be able to predict where a progression is going, and therefore you won't be able to adjust to the dynamic nature of improvisation.
There is a recent thread here on backing tracks - I don't have a URL to it handy but it's within the last week. See if there is any movement on that thread so you can pick up some backing tracks to practice to.
Also consider creating your own.
http://www.ckdesigns.com/blog/2011/04/19/t...-misconception/Forgive the shameless plugs - I just feel strongly about these topics and decided that it's easer to paste a link to already created articles than re-write the topic in every post I want to reply to.
Best to you.