How to avoid following the rhythm while soloing or improvising melodies?

Listen to drum solos and pick up rhythmic ideas. Syncopate deliberately, mute or play a "tied note" over every beat. Pick an existing song melody you like and just change the pitches. Listen to and learn to play existing solos, mimic whatever you can remember from them.

1. How do you keep music rhythm?
2. How do I get better at improvising solos?
3. How do you improvise time?

How do you keep music rhythm?

Try to incorporate one or more into your regular practice immediately and then add the others over time.

1. Counting and Slow Tempo. ...
2. Record and Play Back. ...
3. Divide the Beat. ...
4. Practice rhythm and timing on different instruments.

How do I get better at improvising solos?

Practice your scales, pentatonic / blues, major, minor, dorian, etc, in every shape and position. Practice as much different scale sequences as you can. They will improve your technique and ability to improvise. Add more color to your solos with arpeggios, intervals and triads.

How do you improvise time?

5 Answers

1. Play a rhythmic ostinato until you find your place again.
2. Play a sequence ascending or descending, stepwise or chromatically, until you find your place.
3. Practise 'stop chorus' soloing.
4. Comp yourself and sing some solos.
5. If it's more of a timing issue, try this weird one: learn and practise paradiddles.