Zen Guitar Lessons

Level: Intermediate

Four Steps to Improvisation

by Louis Greene

STEP 1

Take any chord (major,minor,dominant--alteration or extension); learn its corresponding scale and arpeggio.

STEP 2

Play that chord on any fret and play its scale or arpeggio as slow or as fast as you feel comfortable.

STEP 3

Repeat STEP 2 on a different fret. As an example--1 fret lower or higher, 2 frets lower or higher, 4 frets lower or higher, 5 frets, 8 frets, 11 frets, or whatever sounds good to your ear.

STEP 4

Feel free to play the chord, scale, and/or arpeggio as rhythmically as you like. Try adding and/or deleting notes of the chord, scale and/or arpeggio. Remember: It's all about the music.

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