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Learn to improvise on guitar.
Short, practical guides — from your first notes over a chord to following the changes.
How to improvise over any song on guitar
A step-by-step way into improvising over a song you love: find the key, start from the chord tones, add the pentatonic, then aim for the notes that make each chord change sing.
Read the guideThe minor pentatonic scale on guitar: the 5 positions
The scale behind most rock and blues solos: its five notes, its five positions on the neck, the chords it fits, and how to turn it into the blues scale.
Read the guideWhat scale to play over each chord: a cheat sheet
Which scale fits a major, minor, 7, maj7 or m7 chord — and why the answer depends on the chord’s job in the song, with the ii–V–I as the worked example.
Read the guideHow to solo over a 12-bar blues
The 12-bar blues form, the scales that work over all of it, and the trick that makes a blues solo follow the changes: aim for each chord’s 3rd.
Read the guideHow to find the key of a song
Find the key of any song by ear: the note that feels like home, the first and last chords, the dominant 7th giveaway — and the fast way, when you just want to play.
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