Monday, May 9, 2011

Concepts And Ideas For Guitar Improvisation Techniques

By Chris Lake


What exactly is guitar improvisation? It is a performance given extempore without planning or preparation. Imagine if you could play your guitar like that. Many well-known guitarists say that this is the most expressive and artistic type of guitar playing. If you have already mastered the basics of the guitar and you can hold a tune, then you are ready for this awesome technique.

This type of guitar playing teaches you precision and skill that will really impress people. However, to get to this level of playing, you would have to put in many hours of practice and have extreme dedication to your musical instrument. This is the most important aspect of playing any musical instrument - patience and practice.

The first method of learning improvisation is to start by playing along with your favorite music. Get to a point where you no longer can distinguish the sounds and only hear your guitar mixing perfectly with the background music. Practice with a few genres, not only your kind of music, as you will learn faster that way. Naturally, it will help if you could join up with other guitarists in jam sessions as well.

Alternatively, you could play some arpeggios where the notes of the cords are played in rapid succession rather than being played at the same time. Find someone to help you more in this area or attend a few extra classes to get this techniques working well for you. Being able to play in this manner is one of the crucial tools to have when playing improvisation guitar.

If you are not entirely strong in this area, then you should maybe take a few lessons, as it is a crucial tool to have when improvising on the guitar. Do not try to teach yourself at first, rather get a professional to help you do it the right way.

Backing tracks can be really useful in learning guitar improvisation. You will build your confidence every time you get it right and the sounds make sense in your head. Listen a few from different genres as well, because you are going to have a band at your disposal whenever you want to practice.

Another excellent way to practice is by using backing tracks. With these, you can become more confident and loose yourself in the music. With backing tracks it is like having a band at your disposal any time of the day. If you only start with this technique then you would have accomplished a lot. Guitar improvisation comes from the heart and soul and the level of creativeness you already possess.




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