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December 9, 2018 at 12:53 pm #118670
Well, the challenge was to improvise over EP 282, so here’s 1 minute of pure improv – really just running the natural minor scale …
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December 9, 2018 at 1:27 pm #118681
Nicely done Moose. It certainly was a challenge to improv over this one. I also did the nat minor scale. As it turns out the nat minor scale overlaps the G major pentatonic perfectly. So I reasoned this was the sweet spot forsoloing.
Richard
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December 9, 2018 at 1:32 pm #118684
Hi Roger (is that your name?)
I would be very happy if one day I could improv something like you did it here. It took’s me hours to make a simple 1min solo and will not sound as your one.
My only comment for this one is that you fill it too much, I mean … have more silence in between.
rgds
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December 9, 2018 at 1:38 pm #118686
Hi David, thanks for your comments.
To get into improvising, one approach is just try running up and down a scale, trying to make little musical phrases. In this case, with the B minor chord dominating, I just played around with the B minor natural scale.And you’re right about too much noodling; I should have left more spaces. Miles Davis said it best: the most important notes are the ones you don’t play.
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December 9, 2018 at 1:43 pm #118690
Terrific, Moose! It’s the best and the most creative rendition of this lesson I heard by now. I recognized R.Blackmore’s licks and hints in your playing. Very cool, man!
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December 9, 2018 at 1:57 pm #118699
Interesting noodling, Moose. It sounded very jazz-like to me. Well done!
Sunjamr Steve
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December 9, 2018 at 1:58 pm #118701
I too would like to noodle with such confidence while also agreeing about the spaces
Always good to hear your tones
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December 9, 2018 at 2:18 pm #118711
I found the natural notes helped add some flavour over the backing track. Nice tone – was it your fingers rather than a pick?
Jordan
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December 9, 2018 at 2:35 pm #118718
That was some interesting improv. Really enjoyed it.
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December 9, 2018 at 3:26 pm #118740
I like the title, Spaghetti Western 🙂
Your playing sounded so professional as usual and in fact, made me think of a movie soundtrack but not necessarily a Spaghetti Western. Great example on how to solo over a jamtrack with a beautiful ending, too.🎸JoLa
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December 9, 2018 at 3:27 pm #118741
Very interesting and enjoyable improv. Well done, great job Moose.
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December 9, 2018 at 5:00 pm #118775
Kudos for going ‘full improv’, enjoyed your tone and note selection – well done!
-Stuart
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December 9, 2018 at 6:31 pm #118799
Always had a strong anchor and good strong rope,, you anchored in the shallows lol ,, but very good moose
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December 9, 2018 at 6:54 pm #118808
Nice improvising Moose – you totally changed the feel and made it into a blues song. Great job
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December 10, 2018 at 1:13 am #118909
Hope that Brian’s lessons will transport me into the area you’re in today 🙂 really liked the feeling of your improv
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December 10, 2018 at 6:17 am #118920
Very creative Roger! I enjoyed it. You have extensively created your improvisation and created a completely different blues track. This has led the lead guitar in the foreground and the backing track as a small, really small and delicate, degraded lines. Regardless, I really liked your improvisation along with your sound.
Play guitar just like you live; don't get bogged down in theory, it's just a tool without feeling.
Wilfried
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December 11, 2018 at 8:40 am #119031
Well done Moose! Keep the good work. I really like your take on the melody!
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December 12, 2018 at 4:23 pm #119128
Not really running the natural minor scale. So long as you are rearranging the notes, as you were, you are doing something more. I liked what you were doing. The only issue I had was too many ideas and not enough space to digest them. At the end you repeated a simple mordant three times, with some room between them. That simple thought struck me as beautifully musical and comprehensible. As guitar players, I think we get constantly bogged down in the idea that we aren’t doing enough, when in reality, the opposite is true and we are doing too much. I know that’s true for me at least.
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December 12, 2018 at 6:41 pm #119139
I agree, Duff, there were too many notes and not enough thought for musical phrases or pauses between phrases.
But that little repeated thing at the end (with some spaces), musically that was best part of the whole thing. Worth the price of admission, as they say.
Thanks for the feedback.
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