A quick guide to improvising over chord changes. Guitar improvising made easy! Guitar Lesson - ML106

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to improvise a lead over the chord changes, while targeting those chord tones to create a more melodic sounding lead. I'll show you an easy way to visualize the whole process by first seeing the chords, then playing through the arpeggios, then layering in the major scale.
To download the TAB for the example lead, visit: www.activemelo...

[@dawin6710]

Fantastic lesson. a thousand more lessons like this and you'll not see me complain. Thanks

[@oddshot60]

Thank you for this very timely lesson. At 75 years of age, I am going to play my first ever solo open mike night in a small honky tonk in the hills of North Georgia. I am putting together a set list of a number of old C&W tunes from Jimmie Rogers up to the mid 19and50s. One of the tunes I am working on is Fool Such As I by Jim Reeves (1958 version) and I am trying to capture the essence of the intro and fills from that recording. This video, combined with what I have learned about triads and 6th double stops, holds the key to unlock what the guitar was doing in that recording. Mix it all in with some strumming and I should be good to go. Thanks again.

[@rustyhighlander786]

Awesome, good luck!

[@oddshot60]

@@rustyhighlander786 Thank you very much. This is my first opportunity to play the music I have loved all my life right out in front of people. I hope that anyone interested would look up the aforementioned recording and hear what I'm talking about.

[@DanPhelps-n6f]

A fantastic lesson. I’m so glad you used E major as your example. So many lessons are done in A minor. I find it easy for myself to use the major pentatonic in doing it in that same area as you showed. As I said great lesson and really appreciate you doing it in E major. You’re a really good teacher. 😊

[@djh6970]

Absolute gold dust lesson. That switch note was profound for me. Thank you so much for the generosity of your time and experience. I hope you expand on this.

[@robindavis726]

Won't find a better nuts and bolts explanation of the topic. Extremely well done

[@soditsoditsodit]

Excellent lesson. It contained a few lightbulb moments for me - thanks Brian!

[@tombarrett7419]

Very clear excellent presentation of something I've been wrestling with. Thanks so much Brian!

[@weps2097]

Your teaching style works really well for me. Thanks for cranking these lessons out, I'm slowly making progress.

[@DavidColwell-x4d]

Thank you Brian for a new lesson to practice improvising over chord changes, awesome soloing over the 1-4-5 , E- A-B7, i like how you use the C,E&G shape to play the 1-4-5 prog.:)

[@andyjales]

Awesome lesson, so clear explanation!!!! Thanks Brian!!!!!

[@HackandTinker]

Amazing lesson. This is where all lead players should start.

[@kengouthro]

Thanks, Brian. That was very helpful.❤

[@eddiehollis7208]

Great lesson as always thanks Brian

[@garyrochussen3430]

Terrific lesson! Super useful stuff!!! ❤

[@riffcodger]

Brilliant Brian. Bravo.

[@drutgat2]

Thanks, Brian.
Typically great stuff.

[@mitchrapp5684]

Thank you, Brian.

[@JerryCherryBand]

Great lesson. You're amazing 🎸

[@mehorter]

More like this!
The panic of not keeping up with the changes is what holds me back (from keeping up with the chord changes), I think.
That or maybe I need to work much more on counting out the beats or keeping time.. It all happens too fast and quickly becomes a blur of catch up....
I plan to work this exercise this week and hope to get a flow that I can come back to and build on.. Thanks!

[@AndreasWagner-os9ie]

Thanks a lot Brian, you ´re just great

[@noddyodowd1444]

❤ Great lesson…. For me challenging, but achievable and that’s how you get better 😀. Still get lost in modes though, so that is for another day 😄

[@timchurchill6975]

Brilliant thanks

[@robinanderson1115]

GOT IT EVENTUALLY. . OH MAN ! THANKS . NOW ENDLESS STRUCTURAL NOODLING .

[@lazymountain]

super random, but what's up with the blue tint in the glasses!? kind of looks cool I want some!

[@jmwise80]

The better I learn this stuff the smaller the fretboard looks. If that makes sense. And that wasn’t a 12 fret joke either.😂

[@robnic52]

That was a 24 fret joke! :)

[@rediniz]

So we use the arpeggios to get used to the notes we should land on, but we actually play the scale?

[@activemelody]

yes - that's one way to look at it.

[@riazwalji3417]

Do you recommend this guitar?

[@activemelody]

for?

[@rustyhighlander786]

For some reason, (probably because it's hard) I never got around to memorizing arpeggios. Now I'm old and my memory is shot and it's pretty much too late. Young people, take heed, you will thank me later.

[@geraldstokes5661]

Are u playing off appegios?

[@activemelody]

@@geraldstokes5661 it’s explained in the video

[@garyrochussen3430]

Just watch the video! He explains it very well!

[@1974xaviers]

Just superb Brian.. well capsulated 🙏

[@rayjames9835]

🙏👍🦘

[@lukeloop]

Not many people like the C shaped Bar-chords, they are annoying.