tonyturley
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I just hit my 60th birthday this spring, and I've been playing guitar a bit over 20 years. I've never been much of a picker, just a strummer. I play guitar in church almost every week. Through the years, I have learned how to play moveable chords, which helps when other acoustics on stage are playing in first position. But I've never learned how to solo up and down the neck. Having started playing uke last summer, I really want to make a push toward learning improvisation before I get any older.
I have no trouble at all memorizing chord progressions or chord melodies . . . I just suck at improvising. My problem I think is that I'm mostly self taught, and never followed a "path", just learning songs that interested me along the way. I've been watching Jay Lichty's Advanced Uke Building Course, and not only is he a talented luthier, but he wrote the music for the videos, and he's a pretty fabulous player, too. Any ideas on how to break through that ceiling?
I have no trouble at all memorizing chord progressions or chord melodies . . . I just suck at improvising. My problem I think is that I'm mostly self taught, and never followed a "path", just learning songs that interested me along the way. I've been watching Jay Lichty's Advanced Uke Building Course, and not only is he a talented luthier, but he wrote the music for the videos, and he's a pretty fabulous player, too. Any ideas on how to break through that ceiling?