You Don't Suck At Improv: How I solo over anything

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52 Week Guitar Player is officially open! We will close again on December 31 or once 100 new students sign up (whichever comes first). Enroll here before it's too late dammit: https://brandondeon.com/52weekguitarp...

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You can get the backing tracks here:
https://brandondeon.com/trackpack-page

Timestamps:

00:00 You can’t create anything musical
00:17 You’ve been focused too much on pre-work
00:38 How not to practice improv
01:18 What you should already know
01:40 Quick recap for n00bs
01:54 Finding the key
02:31 What notes we can play
03:10 Pentatonic shapes
03:47 How chords are built
04:55 Notes on the fretboard
05:06 What pro vs intermediate guitar player see
05:20 Change the way you think
05:53 Improv hack
06:05 3rd position
06:50 Improvising using scales in 3rd position
07:08 Don’t worry about sounding too scalar
08:01 How to stop sounding scalar
08:28 Improvising targeting different chord tones
08:58 Book a 1-1 call with my team
09:11 6th position
09:22 Improvising in 6th position
10:15 What we’re doing here
10:47 8th position
11:01 Improvising in 8th position
11:48 Why I’m choosing these positions
12:14 11th position
12:25 Improvising in 11th position
13:08 What does it actually mean to target chord tones
13:50 Think about what you’re doing
14:15 13th position
14:26 Improvising in 13th position
15:15 Get the backing track
15:26 Revealing the secret
15:47 Improvising using only the minor pentatonic scales
16:15 Get professional feedback on your improvisatio


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