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Hi Crystal as @JTSchrock says dont stress over improvising but dont give up on it either. It took me probably over a year of TAC wednesdays before it started to click. Keep on drilling those scales for now and as per @petelanger ‘s excellent theory class, pay attention to those spaces between notes as per the major scale formula, and specifically what they sound like. These spaces are also known as intervals, and are fundamental in learning how to improvise and solo over a chord progression. Theres about a dozen common intervals, ie spaces between two notes, but for now focus on the two found in the major scale ie full step (two fretts apart) and half step (one frett apart) With lots of repetition you will be drilling the patterns into your brain, but even more importantly imo training your ear to know what notes sound good together and what notes sound good with any particular chord. Ear training is an absolute must and it starts right away with scales and intervals. And like Tony says “if it sounds good, it is good”. And i would just add if it doesnt sound good, move up or down a fret and see what happens. Go slow and like John says you might find just a few notes within your scale that sound good to your ear. Let the notes ring out and listen carefully to the backing track and when the chord changes try another note. And dont worry when a particular week of challenges are beyond your scope or skill set like maybe Old Man. Some weeks are harder than others. Just do your best and then move on. Main thing…dont stress, celebrate the small wins, be easy on yourself ,keep it fun and rock on. Learning guitar is hard and Rome wasnt built in a day. Hope this helps and if you have any questions keep asking.