Good songs to improvize on?

[NickInMesa]

I love improvising on Can't You See? by the Marshall Tucker Band.

I don't see why not, since the recorded and the live version of the bass line differ totally.

What other songs are good for that type of exercise according to you?

Thanks!

[cnltb]

I think you can improv on pretty much anything.
Regardless of style etc.
I like jazz standards as they usually have strong melodies.
I like strong melodies.

[NickInMesa]

Originally Posted by cnltb

I think you can improv on pretty much anything.
Regardless of style etc.
I like jazz standards as they usually have strong melodies.
I like strong melodies.

Sure you can improvise on anything, but this one song is D-C-G-D (repeat). It's a bit of fun to improvise a different version each time and then find out what works.

Jazz is of course total improv because that's the nature of the beast (I have no clue what I am talking about, I never played jazz but you know what I mean).

There are so many songs I basically "get the idea" and fill in because trying to reproduce exactly what's on the record does not make sense (which probably was just the version du jour, like in any GnR song for instance).

[Rudreax]

If you can, listen to John Coltrane's "Blues Minor" off of the Africa/Brass album. It's just Fm to Bbm, and back to Fm. I could walk over those changes for hours.

[MalcolmAmos]

Originally Posted by Rudreax

If you can, listen to John Coltrane's "Blues Minor" off of the Africa/Brass album. It's just Fm to Bbm, and back to Fm. I could walk over those changes for hours.

Talk to me about "walking over" those changes.
Fm is F, Ab, C
Bbm is Bb, Db, F

Do you play R-3-5 over each chord, in this case R-b3-5, and repeat till Bdm comes up. What I'm needing help on is how would you lay down the groove? Just a few words.

Thanks,

Malcolm

[Drifta]

Originally Posted by MalcolmAmos

Talk to me about "walking over" those changes.
Fm is F, Ab, C
Bbm is Bb, Db, F

Do you play R-3-5 over each chord, in this case R-b3-5, and repeat till Bdm comes up. What I'm needing help on is how would you lay down the groove? Just a few words.

Thanks,

Malcolm

i play alot of reggae/ska where i improv/walk all over them when i jam alot, mostly two or three chords. You want to step out of the chord tones because it will get a bit too repitive. throw in some b6's and some approach notes. Walk from one octave to the another. switch itup!

[NickInMesa]

Hey, guys, I play rock, it's only 5 chords, remember.

[N.F.A.]

Pretty much any of the Grateful Dead's longer songs... Try Not Fade Away for starters. It 's a song you know already, easy chord changes and room for endless noodling..
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