Intro to Approaches to improvisation
James Barratt introduces the tools behind improvising on guitar, looking at both the melodic and rhythmic approaches you can build on.
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38 lessons (2h 32m) · 1 free
01. Intro to Approaches to improvisation
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02. Getting started with improvisation
9:22
03. Improvising using chord tones
10:18
04. Assignment: Finding chord tones
4:05
05. Adding rhythmic interest to your solos
4:11
06. Assignment: Improvising over a chord change
2:52
07. Challenge: Submit your improv
0:24
08. Rhythmic improv & comping
9:55
Lesson transcript
Approaches to Improvisation
Okay then, guys.
So we're going to check out some approaches to improvisation.
The Excitement of Improvisation
Improvisation has got to be one of the coolest things that you can do on the guitar.
At its best, it's you taking the musical ideas in your head and transferring them immediately onto the guitar. And there's a really cool feeling when you get that right.
I'm sure your guitar heroes that you've seen live or in YouTube videos have got some cracking improvisational skills, and it's something we can all hope to improve on and work on.
The Journey of Developing Skills
Now, those skills, although they don't happen immediately, offer some great fun to be had along the way developing them.
What I'm going to do is just talk about a few different tools that we have at our disposal to come up with those initial improvisational ideas and not be quite so overwhelmed by the thought of approaching an improvisation scenario.
So let's check it out together.
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