G chord exercise won’t play for me on any device or browser, the others work fine but that one just has the spinny circle
Discuss the Guitar lesson: Melodic Improvisation: Aiming For Roots
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Just tried and it was spinning for me too… I had to click on the video start button explicitly while it was saying loading and it played.
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Hey Ben
Loved the lesson and I don’t even play geetar… please tell me that u will prepare a banjo lesson or two or more on this subject.
Learned a lot.
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@BanjoBen I am trying to hear melody and improvise using that and give me directions to the next chord to land on. However, I still feel so lost. Like I’m trying to use too many notes or change frets/strings. I know in my head maybe I need to stay on a string or note longer. My brain says “pick at a certain speed” which is the right hand but I still find myself wanting to “pace” through my left. I also don’t want to just pick 4 notes. Measure which I find myself doing often when attempting improv
Can you make a video of you attempting some things with a backing track, etc. and post it?
Man that can make a person feel vulnerable. lol https://youtube.com/shorts/rJVXEUorIkA?si=KrwjPhZb_f2u5Whz
Thanks for posting that, dude! I love it.
A couple of questions for you. The backing track is hard to hear…is that the one with just the G chord? I’d encourage you to try the one with GCD so you can hear how the notes “land” on the different chords.
Also, is there a particular melody you’re going for, or are you just improvising over the scale?
I love how you’re freely grabbing the scale notes. You’re training your fingers to know the scale and be able to freely grab the notes as you wish. Plus, you’re training your ear to know what each of those notes sound like, and how they sound in sequence.
I want to encourage you to think about pickstroke directions. I recently put out a video explaining it, and I want you to combine that with what you’re doing here: https://banjobenclark.com/lessons/intro-to-alternate-picking-guitar-guitar-beginner
Keep me posted! Answer the questions and we’ll keep pushing…
Yes, just the g chord. I’ll try again with the gcd progression.
Not really a particular melody. That sure would help if I had one. I’m just improvising over the scale.
In regards to the scale notes: I chose to stay in the one area based on a video I watched you do to keep boundaries which equals freedom. I thought “why go everywhere when I can’t do what I want here”.
I may have watched that but I’ll check it out again. I didn’t even realize I was only picking in one direction.
Thank you! I love this style of music and want to do it justice.
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Keep me posted!
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