LESSONS
Knowing our chord tones all over the fretboard is an important first step when trying to play well over chord changes. But to improvise effective melodies, we have to understand how to connect them to each other. In this episode, I’ll show you an effective way to practice connecting chord tones through the changes of […]
LESSONS
Targeting specific chord tones is a tried and true practice in many styles of music. For us as improvisers, gaining this skill in real-time is vital to our ability to solo over chord changes well. In this episode, I’ll show you an exercise to practice targeting chord tones to help you know your guitar inside […]
LESSONS
As improvising guitarists, we need to be able to see possibilities on our fretboard in as many ways we can. The more options we explore, the more tools we will have to create with. This is especially the case when improvising over chord changes. In this episode, I’ll show you another useful chord tone mapping […]
LESSONS
Improvising well over chord changes can be a major hurdle to overcome on the guitar. In order to do that, we need to first connect our fretboard knowledge with some chord theory. In this episode, I’ll show you an exercise that you can use as a starting point to mapping out chord tones to help […]