Exercises

[A Poor Musician]

What are some good exercises you all use in order to improve your improv?

-A Poor Musician

 

[Kenneth R.]

throw in a CD with a good groove and not much wild soloing, and i introduce the wild soloing myself. or, if i want to practice rhythm stuff, jam to a song without guitar, or with a simple guitar riff that i can expand on.

it breaks down to rocking out to songs, and being able to adapt to whatever happens in the song, and from song to song. knowing keys and octaves really makes it easier.

 

[ranma187]

throw in a CD with a good groove and not much wild soloing, and i introduce the wild soloing myself. or, if i want to practice rhythm stuff, jam to a song without guitar, or with a simple guitar riff that i can expand on.

it breaks down to rocking out to songs, and being able to adapt to whatever happens in the song, and from song to song. knowing keys and octaves really makes it easier.

good advice you'd be suprised how many genres shred sounds good over.

 

[Kenneth R.]

good advice you'd be suprised how many genres shred sounds good over.

where in my post do you see the word shred?

 

[Vital Remains]

rip through the harmonic minor scale a few times then kindove use different combinations of the notes and develope your own style. I use the harmonic minor scale but not often. Im a big fan of the major and minor scales.

 

[Nick Brookes]

^ do it^

 

[Sinister Mephisto]

where in my post do you see the word shred?

I think he thinks shred is what you mean by "wild soloing" hopefully you don't mean just whammy bar antics or something. shred is the best wild soloing thing you can do. anyway I think it's a good thing to do also.

 

[Kenneth R.]

I think he thinks shred is what you mean by "wild soloing" hopefully you don't mean just whammy bar antics or something. shred is the best wild soloing thing you can do. anyway I think it's a good thing to do also.

i meant more jazz, fusion type stuff. chordal melodies and jam leads. i was never much of a shredder. i'd rather write a few notes that are powerful than a lot of notes that do the same.

 

[Liverslapper]

i run through Cromatic Exercises, Diatonic Runs and play leads and my scales with music. it fun to do that with music, and its not so boring as sitting there running a blue's scale

 

[Vital Remains]

www.wholenote.com

the best fucking sight ever for that shit

 

[Vital Remains]

i meant more jazz, fusion type stuff. chordal melodies and jam leads. i was never much of a shredder. i'd rather write a few notes that are powerful than a lot of notes that do the same.

chromatics man, chromatics

 

[Kenneth R.]

chromatics man, chromatics

useful but for improvisation it's not key.