Icing Improv Take ???

[Bill_Brown]

Very nice improv @Kitman 👏👏👏 You did a great job of integrating the “open string technique” into you melody lines😱👍👍 Great overall performance😎 Thanks for posting, I enjoyed listening🤩

[Kitman]

Thanks @Bill_Brown . Appreciate the feedback and encouragement!

[stevieblues]

Great improv Kitman! 👏 Thanks for sharing your video. 😎🎸👏

[Kitman]

Thank you for your input and encouragement @stevieblues !

[Tim77]

Nice job Kitman! You really got open string licks going. I’ve been working on this one too.I’m starting to see it sounds better to pause and take breath while phrasing a solo. You did a good job of that. Thanks for poasting

[Kitman]

Thank you @Tim77 I appreciate your kind words and encouragement. I discovered the same thing you did – let the song breath a bit through some spacing of the improv around it. I also found it helped me to have an “anchor lick” with which I ended each series. Would love to see your improv sometime. It is amazing to see all the different ways we apply the learnings – and we learn from one another! 😀

[Mrfredsporty]

Good job, KM.I especially like the up and down the neck coupled with the nice runs. I’m still a slave to first position

[Kitman]

Thank you @Mrfredsporty . I also have a tendency to get boxed into a position on the neck somewhere. The use of open strings with the scale that Tony taught us was very helpful to me to “play outside my the box” 🙃. The other thing I did was to come up with an idea of what and where I would play for each stanza of the backing track. Traversing the neck is exhilarating… and a bit scary! 😱

[Mrfredsporty]

Still in the future for me but getting closer.

[the-old-coach]

Kitman–

Nice job- fun to watch!

Like MrFred said- that’s ways off for me still. I never have done much if any of the “improv” stuff like that. Don’t know why- just haven’t.

Watching your video post is gonna change that. It looks challenging, nerve wracking, and fun all at the same time! So the music acts as metronome to keep you in time also(?)

Thanks for sharing-

the old coach

[Kitman]

Thanks @the-old-coach . I appreciate your input and encouragement. It was a bit un-nerving at times. It took me from last Wednesday to this past Sunday to get something decent. I started out with a very slow BPM on the metronome (60) and worked from there.

I don’t have video of all of that but I do have video of all the takes I had to do in Sunday to get this passable one. It is a bit long and there may be some spicy words in there,, however happy to share if you and or others would find it helpful. 😃

• This reply was modified 3 years, 9 months ago by  Kitman. Reason: Correct apelling

[the-old-coach]

Kitman- Speaking only for myself- I’m good.

I have deleted about a million takes of my own to get the 3 or 4 videos I’ve posted here in TAC.

I “feel ya'” brother.

TOC

[Kitman]

👍👍👍 😄

[Guerra6007]

Very nice improv, Kitman. Enjoyed it thoroughly.

[Kitman]

Thanks very much @Guerra6007 ! I appreciate your feedback and encouragement! 😀

[charlie_d]

That was nice @Kitman . A fun listen. I like the dynamics of your playing. Thanks for posting! 🎶

[Kitman]

Thank you @charlie_d ! I appreciate your input and encouragement! It was fun to play as well! 😃. Thanks for watching!

[jumpinjeff]

Motifs, phrases with beginnings and ends, ideas I was connecting with….and some good G-Face. Improv heaven. Play on Kitman!

[Kitman]

Thanks so much for your feedback and encouragement @jumpinjeff ! I truly appreciate and value your input! 😀

[Cadgirl]

WOW! This really came out
great. You are right on with the backing
track.

[Kitman]

Thanks very much @Cadgirl . I really appreciate that you watched the post and provided your feedback. I worked almost a full week to land that approach.

[Philb]

Nicely done! Great playing over the backing track. Excellent sound!

[Kitman]

Thanks so much @Philb . Your feedback, input and encouragement mean a great deal to me! Thank you for watching! 😃

[Jonathandavid]

That was very melodic and smooth Kitman! Sounded great – thanks for posting!

[Kitman]

Thanks so much @Jonathandavid ! I really appreciate you taking the time to as well as providing your feedback and encouragement. 🙂