robbovius
Jul 22, 2009, 4:19 PM
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Re: [krillen] What happened to online feature length Wednesday coffee thread posting?
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krillen wrote: morning all. Played some guitar with a buddy last night which was fun, but frustrating at the same time. I'm stuck right now, not improving and not really moving anywhere. It's time ot mix up the routine a bit. I bought a new book on blues riffs/tricks so hopefully I can delve into that deep enough to get the juices going again. .
NO. if I may, Krillen, its time for you to forget bopoks, and rote learning, and concentrate on your ear. if you sticjk with theory and accepted patterns, you will only ever play in a 'rote" style, and find yourself stymied in advancement.
what you need to do now, is listen, and mimic. listen to songs you think have kewl improv, and do your best to mimic those. listen to music outside your favorite styles, and mimic that. PLAY ALOT. mimic what soudns good to your ear. that's essentially the methiod by which I learned how to do what ever improv technique I have - mimic what sounds kewl and play alot.
play along with albums, go to jams and just sit in. seriously. the time for rote learning is long past, you have to develop your ear, and be able to hear whats going on, forget the rote scales and modes, and play what sounds good to your ear.
seriously dude, NOBODY stresses the importance of developiong your ear as an essential part of improv. its really really important, almost more important than knowing theory.
think about it. Clapton didn't know any theory. Hendrix? nope. robert johnson? none. the list of really good theory-less improv artists is long
and impressive.
I'm not claiming to be among that list or anywhere close, but you've heard me play, right? I know barely any theory, really, everything I do as improv, is by ear.
(This post was edited by robbovius on Jul 22, 2009, 4:34 PM)
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