Improvisation

[siva]

hey . would like to noe abt improvisation on the guitar

for example .. if a song is in the key of G#

how do i noe wat scales and wat notes to play ..

plz shine some light on this topic for me !! THX !!

 

[vernplum]

Have a look here for some ideas.

http://www.soft.com.sg/new/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=2088

 

[DoubleBlade]

Now that's where your music theory comes in...

if the song is in a G# key , then the scale to use for the song would be the G# scale....

Each scale has it's own notes and you'll need to do some reading up first

 

[soft]

DoubleBlade, what is the key signature of a G# scale? :lol:

 

[Newbie]

Eh on the guitar? I duno but i rely alot on feeling. Theres nothing wrong or right in guitar playing, neither is there a shape to actually help you to sound right.

At different part of the songs, you can hit that "few" special notes, thats not in the pattern. For me, i play "all" the notes, but some of them which aren't in the shape or the pattern, i use them as a form of... "intensifiers". To bring the song to like a climax or something.

Something like that lah, can understand? Haha

 

[DoubleBlade]

opps sorry G# Major Scale i mean...

Was wondering , is there a G#/Ab Minor scale?

 

[soft]

opps sorry G# Major Scale i mean...

what is the key signature for G# major?

 

[DoubleBlade]

opps sorry G# Major Scale i mean...

what is the key signature for G# major?

ermmmmmmmm.......

Ab , Bb , Db , Eb

is it correct? :roll:

 

[gargamelesp]

g# is the enharmonic equivalent of Ab.

In theory, g# major would have 8 sharps if you wanna be anal about it but for simplicities sake, we just take it to be in Ab major and use the 4 flats which doubleblade mentioned

 

[DoubleBlade]

G# has 8 sharps???? :?

That's something new....

 

[gargamelesp]

if you go by the circle of 5ths

c no sharp g (1) d(2) a(3) e(4) b(5) f#(6) c#(7) g#(8)

 

[DoubleBlade]

ohhhh ok I get it....

 

[soft]

DoubleBlade, you are taking piano lessons right? ask your teacher and see what is the answer. :wink:

 

[DoubleBlade]

errr is this a trick question? :roll:

 

[MrRhoads]

Remember , the scale tells you what sound right together with the arpeggios. Of course you can play almost any notes on the fretboard, but knowing that if the chord is G# for example, the notes are G# C D#, you should try play around these notes. You may stop at these notes, depending on your choice, or for example stop at G, so as a result if the chord is playing G# and you stopped at G, the whole thing sounds like a G#maj7 as G is the maj7th of G#.