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10 Essentials On Guitar Improvisation
Besides writing and playing songs I just love improvising. When I practice improvising I always first pour myself a cup of green tea, I put on some folk music (e.g. Ray La Montagne, Damien Rice, Stephen Fretwell, Glen Hansard, Sheryl Crow, etc.) on Last.fm or Spotify.com and then I start to improvise over these songs. I get totally caught up in the moment and let my fingers carry me away. Other times I practice melodic patterns, triads, arpeggios, licks, everything that will spice up my improvisation skills.For as long as people have been making and recording music, people have been covering and reinterpreting music. While many covers are forgettable and easily dismissed, there are those that are so successful that they eclipse the source material. The below list is comprised of some of those exceptional covers that by various means and ways outshine their predecessors. Photo Courtesy: Last.fm
14 Cover Songs That Are Better Than The Original | Columns
Photo by Marta Monleón Modes are used in all kinds of musical styles like Jazz, Rock, Metal, Flamenco, etc. They create a certain mood or feel to your playing. If you feel like you are stuck playing solos using just Major/Minor or Pentatonic/Blues scales all the time, you’re ready to call on the modes and dive a little deeper. When I first got introduced to modes I was a little bit overwhelmed, but also excited to explore this whole new world of boundless possibilities.
Play The 7 Modes in 7 Days (Tabs Incl.)
A chord progression is a series of chords. Usually the progression consists of two, three, or four chords. In this in-depth chord progression lesson, many common progressions will be covered. You will also learn how to create a chord progression in different keys by learning chord theory. The Chord Scale - The Father of the chord progression.
