This is my guitar improvisation tip for today on creating melodies on the go in, other words improvising on the guitar.
Video Transcript
Improvise with the Eb pentatonic sound
The next time you improvise over a 11- V repeating chord progression, for example an Fm7 and Bb7, instead of playing the Dorian scale over the Fm7 and the Mixolydian scale over the Bb7, create a floating sound by playing the Eb69 chord over both chords…….
Or
Improvise with blues
Create contrast by talking with the F blues scale over both chords…..
Or
Improvise by eliminating chords
Create more tension playing only Bb7 over both chords……
Listen
First here comes the groove where I define the chords with nice melodic lines in the lead and with a groovy bass line…..
Next the solo……
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