Improvise for real blues

1. How do you improvise over the Blues?
2. Is there improvisation in the blues?
3. Can you improvise harmony?

How do you improvise over the Blues?

Blues Improvisation Exercises

1. Listen to the backing track and follow along with the chord progression above. ...
2. Play the chords along with the backing track.
3. Play the C minor pentatonic scale up and down.
4. Play the C major pentatonic scale up and down.
5. Play “Motif A” over each chord.
6. Play “Motif B” over each chord.

Is there improvisation in the blues?

Improvisation and soloing is a large part in playing Blues guitar. Not only when playing guitar solos, but also for example when accompanying, playing fills and different chord-voicings and rhythms.

Can you improvise harmony?

Improvisation is often done within (or based on) a pre-existing harmonic framework or chord progression. Improvisation is a major part of some types of 20th-century music, such as blues, rock music, jazz, and jazz fusion, in which instrumental performers improvise solos, melody lines and accompaniment parts.