Larry Carlton - 335 Improv - Soloing Over I-VI-II-V - Blues Guitar Lessons

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As we talk our way through the improvisation here, notice that two of the core concepts that we've been hammering away at are at work: thinking ahead and finding common tones. Being aware of the scales for each chord (which we covered in the last lesson) makes it easier to identify - just a hair in advance - which notes will be good to land on in the next chord.

It's kind of like reading music on the page: you're playing one measure but always reading ahead by a bar or two so that you know what's coming. That's what should be happening in your mind as you improvise - you're living in the moment but thinking a little bit ahead too.

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[hfbakery]

Larry is the Bob Ross of guitar.

[twangbarfly]

Fantastic video - great lesson, great playing. Larry makes the simplest stuff so musical, but here we get an idea of how much of his sound comes from his wonderful, personal technique. Great vibrato of course, but what about bending a whole step into the final F of the phrase at 1'11. Or playing an E and an F distinctly by bending rather than fretting each note at 1'45" And then repeating the same notes & technique an octave higher at 1'51". Simply an incredible musician! And a great teacher!

[Bluebuthappy182]

Just had an interesting experience. Got the chords to this in the comments and made a little jam track with them. Played around with it and thought what i was doing sounded pretty good. I then went back and listened to what Larry was doing. He beat anything i was doing with one note, oh dear :-)

[JeffKnight]

Thank you so much for sharing.

[vausemike]

Nice to see his hand shaking with nerves and some slipped notes after all this time of playing on all stages with all the best, he's still human and flawed. Amazing player, one of my all time faves.

[MrHideyoursheep]

Larry, is such a master teacher.

[hamsiii]

Could anyone please tell me what are the notes to that scale at 5.18-5.21??

[oregongeo63]

I don"t know what else to add to all the great comments here, I would to say thank you Larry for takeing the time to do this .......What a great lesson.  My best regards!!

[Mattieval]

Constant awareness is key, it's something I've finally realized after years of wondering 'how do they do it!'.

[massimo52185]

fantastic-the sound of the guitar is.......jazz hollowbody witch tal farlow joe pass...Larry is the best

[lewisoscar]

Im trying to think why someone would dislike this...

I guess 8 people thought he would give you tab, show you where to put your fingers and wipe you bum... or larry's vibrato stirred up some emotion and they rage cry'ed pressed dislike, then went down the pub, downed a wkd and bottled someone

[byjano]

@zkete thanks!