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u/brutishbloodgod · 7 pointsr/Woodshed

The first part of /u/YgramulTheMany's post, I agree with. I don't think that "zoning out" is conducive to good music-making, though. I once took a workshop from an improvising musician, Tatsuya Nakatani, who gave us an interesting idea for approaching "flocking" improvisation (where you follow what one or more other improvisers are doing, like a flock of birds): pick one of the other musicians that you're playing with and pretend you're them. You still make music on your own instrument, but you're trying to get your brain to believe that what you're doing on your instrument is actually what the target musician is doing on their instrument. It sounds a little bizarre, but the results were astounding. When I tried it, I completely locked in to the directionality of what the other musician was playing, and so what I was doing lined up astoundingly well with what he was doing, with barely any delay between us. It almost felt like telepathy.

Practicing meditation helps, because it helps you get into the improvisational mindset in every moment of your life, and when you're that practiced at it, you can just drop into it and out of it at will.

I also have to suggest reading Free Play by Stephen Nachmanovitch. Of the many excellent books on improvisation that I've read, this one's the best, and especially suitable for what you're looking for since it deals with the nature of improvising mind and how to get there. It's literally life changing.

u/danw1989 · 2 pointsr/Woodshed

Get your hands on some improvisation books. Doesn't necessarily mean they all have to be just guitar books...jazz theory books will come in handy for any musician. Get your hands on a Real Book Listen to great performers - I'll suggest Pat Metheny, John Scofield, and Herb Ellis for starters. Become really familiar with their music and the way they improvise... when you hear little bits and pieces of things they do and you like them, write them out - transcribe. Hearing and practicing these will enable you to incorporate them into your improvisation, and the more you study and 'shed your heart out, the more you will pick up on how great improvisors do their thing.

Also, practice all your scales... slowly. When you are transcribing, you'll be surprised how much easier it is when you have a good understanding of every type of scale and how they are used (theory books will explain).

Hope this helps. Cheers.

u/buttmunchies · 2 pointsr/Woodshed

First of all it's regimen, second of all what instrument do you play?

Also, that sounds like a good routine, to do something different I would suggest playing with a friend, trade fours, walk bass lines, pick each others' heads for licks and approaches to changes.

It sounds like you're pretty far advanced, have you ever checked out Nicolas Slonimsky's book? It's got a lot of great stuff in it. You didn't mention any books or classical pieces, etudes and such in your post, do you do any of that?

u/negyvenot · 6 pointsr/Woodshed

I recommend Mickey Baker's Jazz Guitar Course to get quicly going with easy jazz strumming (really useful turnarounds and all), and Ted Greene's Jazz Guitar Single Note Soloing for some nice'n'easy soloing ideas over major, dominant and minor chords. Ymmv though

u/milnak · 2 pointsr/Woodshed

Thinking in jazz is essential, however Miles' autobiography is plagiarized from Jack Chambers book, which is the one that should be on this list. Milestones: The Music And Times Of Miles Davis https://www.amazon.com/dp/0306808498

u/blackb1rd · 2 pointsr/Woodshed

I have one of these I use for when I'm practicing https://www.amazon.com/Moleskine-Notebook-Pocket-Classic-Notebooks/dp/888370536X

As /u/ilikemyteasweet said, if someone else has to read it I'll write it out in software. I use Notion on my iPad but have used Sibelius in the past.