How To Improvise On Guitar

Improvisation is the ability to make art on the spot. It is something that comes out of us and expresses who we are and how we feel. It is a language that knows no boundaries.

Part 1: The scales

Four essential scales for improvising on guitar are the minor pentatonic, minor blues, major pentatonic, and the major blues scale. The minor blues scale is simply a minor pentatonic scale with a ♭5 also. A Major blues scale is a major pentatonic with a ♭3. Therefore, when learning the blues scales the pentatonic scales are within those two scales.

How To Improvise On Guitar Part 1

Part 2: Variations on the the 1st and 2nd strings and the hybrid scale.

How To Improvise On Guitar Part 2

Part 3: Adding the 3rd string to the hybrid scale.

How To Improvise On Guitar Part 3

Part 4: Riffs using the blues scales.

How To Improvise On Guitar Part 4

Part 5: Riffs using all the strings.

How To Improvise On Guitar Part 5

Part 6: Change running over the twelve bar blues.

How To Improvise On Guitar Part 6

Part 7: Change running continued.