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improvisation. Increase your lick vocabulary. Learning new licks is an ongoing process that will keep
your improvisation sound fresh and help you grow becoming a better player.
8 Modes
Learn to play all the 7 modes of the major scale to expand your improvising skills even more. The 7
modes are:
Ionian = 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Dorian = 1 2 b3 4 5 6 b7 8
Phrygian = 1 b2 b3 4 5 b6 b7 8
Lydian = 1 2 3 #4 5 6 7 8
Mixolydian = 1 2 3 4 5 6 b7 8
Aeolian = 1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7 8
Locrian = 1 b2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7 8
9 Solos
Transcribe and learn solos from the greatest guitar players to be inspired. Steal, copy their licks and
make your own out of them. Study how they phrase and use rhythm in their soloing. Learn solos in
different styles and genres; Blues, rock, country, metal, pop, etc. There is much to be learned from
different guitar players.
10 Improvise
The best way to learn how to improvise is actually do it.
Put on your favorite songs or use a backing track and start improvising over the chord progressions.
Play licks. melodic patterns, triads, arpeggios, every thing you learned, then combine, improvise,
phrase, experiment, make mistakes, try again, put your soul into it and let your fingers lead the way.