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Old 06-20-2008, 05:23 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Re: Improvisation

Learn a few scales (I suggest pentatonics... well I always do) and use them in key with the rhythm.

Eg. easy minor pentatonic in A

e/:---------------------------------5--8----------
B/:---------------------------5--8----------------
G/:--------------------5--7-----------------------
D/:--------------5--7-----------------------------
A/:--------5--7-----------------------------------
E/:--5--8-----------------------------------------

easy minor pentatonic in E

e/:-----------------------------------------------12--15---
B/:--------------------------------------12--15------------
G/:-----------------------------12--14---------------------
D/:--------------------12--14------------------------------
A/:-----------12--14---------------------------------------
E/:--12--15------------------------------------------------

And so on; learn the notes on the fretboard to help u know where to go from. (u don't need to know all of them, just a few good places to put stuff to)

Looking at the keys of a keyboard will help u figure out the notes on the fretboard. From the low E they are:

0 1 2 3 4 5
E F F# G G# A

and so on; remember F# is also Gb - I just mostly call em sharps cos its confusing overwise.

MVL.
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