Melodic Guitar Improvisation Tommaso Zillio（托马索·Zillio吉他旋律即兴演奏）.pdfVIP

Melodic Guitar Improvisation by Tommaso Zillio 1 Contents This e-book comes with a .zip archive containing guided backing tracks. Here is the com- plete list of the files. AllChords-Plain.mp3 : complete backing track AllChords-Guided.mp3 : complete backing track with guiding voice AllChords-Example.mp3 : short example of a guitar improvisation on the backing track Am-C-Plain.mp3 Am-C-Guided.mp3 Am-Dm-Plain.mp3 Am-Dm-Guided.mp3 Am-Em-Plain.mp3 Am-Em-Guided.mp3 Am-F-Plain.mp3 Am-F-Guided.mp3 Am-G-Plain.mp3 Am-G-Guided.mp3 The backing tracks in the second group use only the two chords indicated. See below how to use them. “Guided” backing tracks have a recorded voice reading out the name of the chord that is being played. 2 Intro Improvisation is one of the most fun activities a musician can indulge in, but it is also one of the most intimidatory for someone who has never done it. In short, we can say that you are improvising whenever you are playing and you do not know what you are going to play next. You are making up music as you go. 1 As for everything in music, there are countless different approaches to improvisation. On the other hand, there are some tricks that can improve your skills no matter what your approach is. Here we are going to cover what is called “chord tones soloing”. A good familiarity with this concept is mandatory if you want to be able to play soulfully and melodically. 3 The First Step Let’s start with something simple. First of all, take your guitar and make sure that it is tuned properly. We want to train your ears too, so it’s important your the guitar is in tune. Let’s learn the following scale: This scale is called “A minor pentatonic” and starts at the 5th fret. Just play it up and down a couple of times, like this: