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Simple Improvisation Exercises – Learn How To Phrase Like A Pro #guitarsolo #improvisation


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Try these simple to apply improvisation exercises to learn how to phase like a pro. Keeping these basics in mind will make a huge difference in your playing.

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TIME STAMPS
Intro 00:00
Performance 00:34
Free Track/Masterclass 02:20
Basic Theory Needed 02:42
Overview 03:14
4 Tips for Targeting Chord Tones 03:58
Targeting The Root 07:00
Targeting The Third 08:52
Targeting The Fifth 10:07
Question Answer Phrasing 11:27
Summary 12:52
Masterclass 14:17

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45 thoughts on “Simple Improvisation Exercises – Learn How To Phrase Like A Pro #guitarsolo #improvisation

  • The way you play, I think you could hit the most dissonant tritone and make it sound beautiful. Thanks for describing your signal chain, but how did you get your jazzmaster to be so quiet? I'm as impressed with your tone as I am your playing – I love them both!

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  • Thanks man, this is one of the best and most valuable lessons I've ever had. "When the student is ready, the teacher will appear." Old Buddhist saying.

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  • JASON LOUGHLIN, make a video lesson about how to END a phrase on the b2, #4, b6, M6, M7? Other calls these notes attention notes, advanced notes, modal tendency notes. I don't know how to END a phrase on the 2b, #4, b6, M6 or M7, any tips or suggestions?

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  • The rockabilly solo done on the phone was brilliant, I csnt comment on those videos for some reason.

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  • When you are targeting the 1st 3rd and 5th of the chords how are you approaching this?
    Are you coming at it from a chord perspective or a scale perspective?
    I’m sure that I’m not articulating my question very clearly.
    I’m getting somewhat ahead of myself trying to change positions on the fretboard and string sets.

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  • Great point about landing on the 5th. I know it’s a chord tone, but I feel compelled to resolve it to the 3rd or the root. Seems my ear is not what I thought. Thanks Jason!

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  • Amazing lesson. Will this masterclass be on your truefire? Or are any of your classes on truefire like this one?

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  • I just listened to this entire video twice, nodding away in approval and suddenly realised I don't know what an upbeat or a down beat is. I'm clueless, probably wouldn't want to meet a downbeat in a dark alley. 🙂
    Or back beats, they probably creep up you from behind, blocking your escape from the downbeats?
    I got the old Googlies warmed up and it seems the upbeat is the last beat in a bar, it introduces the first and often the strongest beat in the bar; the downbeat. Like if there's four simple beats to a bar, a classical conductor's hand rises up for the last beat and drops down hard onto the first of the next bar, the downbeat then sideways and back for beats two and three then up on four, preempting and introducing the start of the next bar. More detailed info online…

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  • It amazes me that lead players can actually hear the chord changes over the sound of their own guitar. I could never do it. Doubt if I could really hear the chord changes by themselves. And forget about being able to hit the chord tones in time.

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  • Jason really is a great teacher , no fluff and what a player he is. I urge anyone who is serious about becoming a well rounded player to dig into Jason's work. You wont regret it.

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  • Wow this is great. So many “teachers” so few to actually bring some learning. Thank you!

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  • Profoundly grateful. Arguably the best I've seen so far on YouTube, due respect to other videos that gave me the tools for soloing but unintentionally left me adrift in a vast ocean without a life raft. This is not back to basics but the holy grail of all solos, I should think. Warm regards

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  • "…avoid the instrumental diarrhea." ???? That's going to be my mantra from now on while soloing.

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  • Another great video with helpful tips! Do you use a noise gate on your pedal board when you're playing single coils like this jazzmaster or a tele?

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  • i really like the twang and the way you play ..
    somehow i'm not able to follow the changes that well
    i probably have all the bad habits diarrhea,No direction
    again thank you Jason really love your style great lesson Excellent

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  • Never before so simply put;
    1 choose target chord tone.
    2 Start the phrase before beat 1
    3 land on target on beat 1 and stay
    4 Interchange target chord tones for call and response.

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  • This was excellent and you stated things very diplomatically that many of us think we know what we are doing ….. but you don't LOL. (You were right) I totally needed this. Thanks!

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  • Thank you for this lesson my friend! You answered questions I was never able to put into words. Going to grab the guitar now!

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  • This is monumental for me. An absolutely magical realization. No one has really articulated phrasing to me like this before, but it makes so much sense. Thanks a million!!!

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  • That was great…I never thought about soloing that way…very cool…do you do that in live situations ?

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  • GREAT point about notes not being wrong, but instead just sounding like it due to a lack of familiarity.

    It's why I hate when guys talk about avoid notes.

    There are no avoid notes. They just don't know how to use them.

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  • Thank you for compressing days of trial and error into a compact lesson. ????????????????

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  • Beautiful. Reminds me of Mark Knopfler and Hank Marvin. Can't go wrong with those chaps. Cheers Jason from the UK. ????????

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  • WOW… I’m at a knowledge point that this really works for me. Without the work I’ve put in so far, it would be a different story…but super clear and well presented and useful …RIGHT NOW! Thank You! One question would be what to do if the chord progression moves very quickly….

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