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ChristopherSchlegel
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ChristopherSchlegel
Guitar Tricks Instructor
Joined: 08/09/05
Posts: 8,365
04/03/2019 12:52 am
Originally Posted by: AaroninDCI have a question about improv. Are there any lessons that focus on improv so I can eventually jump in with people and play songs I dont know or can I expect to get that knowledge by learning a bunch of songs?

This series of tutorials is aimed at covering improvisation.

Introduction to Improvisation For Beginners

https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=876

Improvisation in a Major Key

https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=483

Improvisation in a Minor Key

https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=491

Improvisation in a Major Key Series 2

https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=2318

Improvisation in a Minor Key Series 2

https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=2329

The rock course also incorporates improvisational concepts into the curriculum.

For a more bluesy take you might have a look at these that show how to target chord tones in pentatonic scale.

https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=217

https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=232

https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=244

https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=826

Hope that helps!


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