Guitar Rock Improvisation Thoughts, Tricks, Concepts and Techniques. You will improve incredibly quickly getting assistance from the best guitar teacher.

1. Guitar Improvisation
Tricks, Concepts &Techniques

2. Introduction
• Besides writing and playing songs, improvising rock
music is fun too!
• Practice melodic patterns, licks , triads, arpeggios
everything that will spice up your improvisation skills.
Just keep in mind that you can never stop growing.There
is always more to learn and explore.
• Improvising is one of the most fun and fulfilling aspects
of guitar playing, but also something that requires a lot
of hard work and dedication.You might be a good guitar
player, but in order to become a better guitar player, you
must include improvisation.

3. Pentatonics / blues
• Learn to play the pentatonic/blues scale all
over the neck in all five shapes.
• The pentatonic / blues scale is the corner
stone of all soloing in blues, pop, country, rock
and metal.
• Along-with the scale, learn how to improvise.
• Practicing regularly it will really pay off.

4. Major Scale
• Next to the pentatonic scale, the major scale
is the most important scale to learn.
• Learn to play the major scale all over the neck
in every position starting from the root note.
• Play one part of the scale in the first position,
continue the scale in the second position and
then go on to the third position. Experiment
and try different combinations.
• Learn how to improvise with the scales.

5. Triads
• Triads are used to open up your playing and get away
from playing diatonic and pentatonic scale runs.
• Triads are 3 note chords.Triad can be started from the
first/root note (the root position triad), from the second
note (the 1st inversion) and from the 3rd note (2nd
inversion). Example:
• Major scale = 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8, Cmajor scale = C D E F G A B
C
• Major triad = 1 3 5, Cmajor triad = C E G (= C)
• Minor triad = 1 b3 5, Cminor triad = C Eb G (= Cm)
• Augmented triad = 1 3 #5, Caug triad = C E G# (= C+)
• Diminished triad = 1 b3 b5, Cdim triad = C Eb Gb (= Co)

6. Modes
• Learn to play all the 7 modes of
the major scale to expand your
improvising skills even more.
• The 7 modes:
– Ionian = 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
– Dorian = 1 2 b3 4 5 6 b7 8
– Phrygian = 1 b2 b3 4 5 b6 b7 8
– Lydian = 1 2 3 #4 5 6 7 8
– Mixolydian = 1 2 3 4 5 6 b7 8
– Aeolian = 1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7 8
– Locrian = 1 b2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7 8

7. Solos
• Transcribe & learn solos from the greatest
guitar players to be inspired.You should
learn from others and make your own out
of them.
• Study how they phrase and use rhythm in
their soloing.
• Learn solos in varied styles & genres;
Blues, rock, country, metal, pop, etc.You
can learn a lot from different guitar
players.

8. Arppegios
• Arpeggios are like triads, used to open up
your playing & create more color & variety to
your improvisation.
• Fact: A triad is actually an arpeggio if it is
played note by note, ascending or
descending.
• Note: A triad contains only three notes while
an arpeggio can be expanded with a b7,
maj7, a 9th, 11th, etc.
• Learn arpeggios & incorporate them in your
playing to be a better player.

9. Licks
• A short series of notes that
creates a cool melodic line which
can be used in your improvisation.
• It is an ongoing process to learn
licks in order to keep your
improvisation sound fresh &
becoming a better player.
• Increase your lick vocabulary.

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