Improvising is one of the most fun aspects of guitar playing, for me anyways. Improvising doesn’t have to be soloing, although it could be. It can also include coming up with new chord progressions, throwing licks or guitar riffs in between the chords you’re playing, or coming up with an alternate part to a song.
Improvising is a broad topic, but I enjoy it most because it really lets me do my own thing with the music – it is that room for creative expression that I think we all want.
In my opinion, if you can fully understand how to use thirds on your guitar, you’ve come a long way… Thirds are one of the best sounding harmonies to the huma… [more]
Improvising is probably definitely my favorite aspect of playing the guitar. When I used to play trumpet, there was very little improvising involved; we would simply play… [more]
Today the curtain is starting to get pulled back on my latest project… and it might be a little different than you might expect! (video below) Let me back up, oh… [more]
So what mistake did I make? Well, I make plenty every time I play my guitar… do you? Fact is, when you’re playing guitar, bass, or any other instrument…… [more]
This guitar lesson will show you how you can create your own guitar chords, using nothing more than a scale and open chords you already know. We’re using the key of… [more]
Personally I love just grabbing my guitar… and noodling. I’ll pick a key, whatever strikes my interest at that moment, and start noodling just for enjoyment&#… [more]
A good lead guitar player must, and I’ll repeat that – MUST – pay attention to the rhythm. That means knowing the rhythm part intimately yourself, even … [more]
Many days when I pick up my guitar I end up just noodling away… improvising is probably my favorite part of playing the guitar. Improvising over open chords is prob… [more]
When I was first learning guitar, a friend of mine wrote a song that had this cool passing note (an F#) in between the G chord and the Em chord. I thought it was the cool… [more]
Here’s a fun yet easy progression you can jam with in A pentatonic minor. The chords are simply Am7, Dm7 and Em7. Try experimenting with your own riffs in between c… [more]
Want to really get a handle on blues guitar? Checkout Playing Through The Blues There’s really no limit to what you can do with the pentatonic scale, and the absolu… [more]
Improvising really isn’t as difficult as you might think. I know many of you have probably been trained in the school of “play what’s on the page, dummy… [more]
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