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Originally Posted by stranger12
My question is simple. So what if you know which notes should be in there? Does it help you 'solo' better?
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Actually it does. But it's not exclusive...
It helps when you know what notes can be in there, so you can end up throwing everything that's meant to be in there, or take notes out and know that it's still ok.
Which brings me to another point of this post. What is improvising? It's not playing solos note for note or memorizing scales. It's about exercising your "voice". This is when phrasing actually comes into your playing most. If you improvise, you are supposed to CREATE something unheard of before. Anything goes. Even scratching your strings rhythmically...
It's about how proficient you are with your instrument that matters... Scales, Modes, etc etc... There's not one thing that's exclusive. EVERYTHING matters. It's a sum of all the parts that plays a huge influence in how good you are. Focusing one just one thing alone doesn't help.
Of course, we all got to start somewhere...
