![]() ![]() Your ultimate improvisational goal should surely be this: the freedom to imagine any melody that you would like to hear coming out of your amplifier, coupled with the ability to translate that same sound instantly from your imagination directly onto your fingerboard. This is loosely equivalent to thinking one word (or small group of words) at a time, rather than one letter at a time it’s often easier to make sense when you’re dealing with a smaller quantity of bigger ideas, rather than thinking on a purely note-by-note basis. Melodic ideas work generally on the basis of grouping several notes together and then leaving a gap – a pause for breath, if you will – and listeners will instinctively respond well to hearing ideas spaced out in this way. One specific way to apply the ‘speech’ analogy is to think in phrases when you play.
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