How Do You Improvise On A Three-Chord Blues Progression?
It’s relatively easy to improvise on the standard blues chord progression. An E-A-B major chord progression is the perfect backbone for a truly harmonious and nuanced guitar sound. Using a few guidelines will help you know how to enhance the chord progression without going off-track. Learn chromatic scales. The chromatic is the basic “do-re-mi” scale. Knowing it is crucial to a guitar solo for a rudimentary sense of what notes sound good in relation to what the rhythm guitar is playing. Try soloing up and down the chromatic scale over your blues progression. Learn pentatonic scales. The pentatonic is a different kind of scale that includes a five-note octave and can be played on a certain three-fret length of the fretboard. Use your pentatonic in relation to the chord progression and get used to playing it over your rhythm guitar. Use complex chords. Adding notes to your basic bar chord will add to your blues style. Your basic major bar chord is (with the fretboard barred) your fingers
