So I have been Improvising more lately, with and without a backing and I have come up with a few ideas which sound quite nice. Everything seems to be going quite well and its nice to finally feel like im moving again in my playing instead of being stagnant.
My 2 main areas that I have been focusing on are theory (fretboard layout and CAGED system at the moment and later on, triad inversions and types of minor scales) as well as also phrasing and technique too. The big thing I am noticing which I wondered if anyone also experienced is difficulty with switching note values or just trying to play at a steady moderately fast pace without a metronome.
I have been practicing with a metronome the whole time I have been trying to build speed and luckily found metronomes that do 16th note and triplet subdivisions to practice running scales with economy picked triplets. However when I turn the metronome off and practice, or if I try to do little arpeggio runs in an improv over a backing, I cant seem to play the notes evenly or with the correct note values. Just curious if there are any exercises out there that may be beneficial for this.
My 2 main areas that I have been focusing on are theory (fretboard layout and CAGED system at the moment and later on, triad inversions and types of minor scales) as well as also phrasing and technique too. The big thing I am noticing which I wondered if anyone also experienced is difficulty with switching note values or just trying to play at a steady moderately fast pace without a metronome.
I have been practicing with a metronome the whole time I have been trying to build speed and luckily found metronomes that do 16th note and triplet subdivisions to practice running scales with economy picked triplets. However when I turn the metronome off and practice, or if I try to do little arpeggio runs in an improv over a backing, I cant seem to play the notes evenly or with the correct note values. Just curious if there are any exercises out there that may be beneficial for this.