Well, maybe this: YouTube is full of ābacking tracksā. That guy, for example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLfQ2RI2qoI Have it running in the background and then just improvise over it. Of course, you canāt just hit random notes, so one of the easiest things to do is using a pentatonic scale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCNZy-pGyIo
I struggle with lots of things and one of those is: I have a hard time *anticipating* how itās going to sound (and feel) when I play this note, then that note, and so on. This was always my problem, even with other instruments. And I now *think* that the reason is: I never actually *played* nor *explored* the instrument, I just repeated excercises or songs. Improvising to a backing track helps me a lot with this. š¤
But as I said, Iām just a newbie myself. Maybe all I said is garbage. š
Well, maybe this: YouTube is full of ābacking tracksā. That guy, for example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLfQ2RI2qoI Have it running in the background and then just improvise over it. Of course, you canāt just hit random notes, so one of the easiest things to do is using a pentatonic scale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCNZy-pGyIo
I struggle with lots of things and one of those is: I have a hard time *anticipating* how itās going to sound (and feel) when I play this note, then that note, and so on. This was always my problem, even with other instruments. And I now *think* that the reason is: I never actually *played* nor *explored* the instrument, I just repeated excercises or songs. Improvising to a backing track helps me a lot with this. š¤
But as I said, Iām just a newbie myself. Maybe all I said is garbage. š
Well, maybe this: YouTube is full of ābacking tracksā. That guy, for example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLfQ2RI2qoI Have it running in the background and then just improvise over it. Of course, you canāt just hit random notes, so one of the easiest things to do is using a pentatonic scale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCNZy-pGyIo
I struggle with lots of things and one of those is: I have a hard time *anticipating* how itās going to sound (and feel) when I play this note, then that note, and so on. This was always my problem, even with other instruments. And I now *think* that the reason is: I never actually *played* nor *explored* the instrument, I just repeated excercises or songs. Improvising to a backing track helps me a lot with this. š¤
But as I said, Iām just a newbie myself. Maybe all I said is garbage. š