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If you have a guitar and want to go live in a concert then you will need to work on guitar improvisation and work really hard so that you can get a grip and play that ultimate solo composition.

There are different techniques involved in guitar improvisation and mastering them would mean that you can get way ahead of your league. Some of the guitar improvisation techniques are being used by heavyweights like Van Halen, John Petrucci etc and there are many more such techniques that are invented right on-stage in a live concert.

The important thing is that you need to know your guitar like the back of your hand and only then you will be able to use guitar improvisation techniques effectively. There are basically two ways of looking at guitar improvisation techniques and they are: The Horizontal technique: You play a solo based on your current scale.

The Vertical technique: You play a solo based on your current chord. One of the best examples is that of wrapping the chord where you play specific notes of the current and neighboring chords. Another popular vertical guitar improvisation technique is playing modes based on the chord changes. To master this technique, you will require a specific table chords, extensions, mode and reference scale

The vertical approach is a vastly used guitar improvisation technique and to master it, you will need to have complete knowledge of harmony or melody and you need to think fast. There are times when as a solo guitarist, you might have to improvise in such a way that you move further away from the basic key of a particular section of the song. This is where the horizontal guitar improvisation technique comes in. Some of the patterns that you can use include:

· 2-note: intervals

· 3-note: triads

· 4-note: arpeggios

· 5-note: pentatonic scales

· 6-note: blues scales

· 7 or 8-note: scales

Scales to use for Improvising

Guitar improvisation techniques come in handy especially when you need to play a solo. There are plenty of scales that you can try while playing solo but the most frequently used is called improvised soloing. Improvised soloing can be used to play tracks, which are predominantly rock but you can also use it for jazz and blues.

Let us take an example:

If you are playing a tune in the C major and are looking for a guitar improvisation technique then there are multiple scales that you can use. The most obvious scale is the C major pentatonic or the A minor pentatonic like the following:

|---------------------5-8----|

|-----------------5-8--------|

|-------------5-7------------|

|---------5-7----------------|

|-----5-7--------------------|

|-5-8------------------------|

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He is a professional guitar teacher and an ex band member of Black November which has toured and performed in Australia and Asia since 1997. He has contributed to publications as Guitar Player, Guitar World Acoustic, Maximum Guitar and dozens of magazines and websites worldwide.

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