GET OUT OF THE DAMN BOX!!!

[marshall_law]

I wouldn't be thinking of scales if i wanna move out of the box.

I can play some chords tone over it.

For example if the progression is E5 E5 C5 D5 or whatever it is.

I would first play a tapping of E major triad over the 1st E5 then a E minor triad over the second E5. Changing from major to minor would let the listeners feel the change.

Then at C5, i would tap out a C6, Cmaj7. Then at D5, a Dmin7 or maybe D7.

Then i would try a different voicing and tap it out again. I would concentrate mainly on the 3rd or the 7th but not on the root and the 5th. The progression is already playing that why would i play it? So i just colour it more by adding 3rd, 7th or the 9th.

Scale is not the only way to be creative. Think about chords too and their voicing. It really adds a new dimension to your playing.

 

[thor666]

i really can't understand how a keyboardist change keys and still be able to retain all their licks. Maybe that's why they normally start out to hav better ears.

because they have black and white keys, it's really much easier for them to map their mental ideas on. we have 6 strings, which kinda makes it 6 times as confusing sometimes, plus the fact that we can't always transpose on certain places (open frets, fingers not long enough)

on another thought, most guitarists i see are self-taught/informally taught, while most keyboardists come from piano background and have quite a substantial amount of formal lessons with them already.